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I believe it is a variation of their embrace-extend strategy. If you can tempt linux applications into cross-calling services on a present window side, suddenly

I believe it is a variation of their embrace-extend strategy. If you can tempt linux applications into cross-calling services on a present window side, suddenly you have a justification to keep a windows license running where a linux license would have sufficed. And so, another windows instance got an excuse to be kept running/installed.

spapas82 6y ago
The next step after embrace and extend is extinguish. This is why I am always careful when Microsoft seems to suddenly love something...
m12k 6y ago
If Linux is running in Azure, Microsoft still gets paid. They don't need to sell Windows licenses, they need to start getting a piece of the pie when web developers deploy to Linux servers. Getting Windows to be an attractive development platform for someone targeting Linux servers is an essential part of that.