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There is nothing to extinghuish, except for the notion of Linux on the desktop, that was never a thing anyway, except for a few technerds. Microsoft has indee

There is nothing to extinghuish, except for the notion of Linux on the desktop, that was never a thing anyway, except for a few technerds. Microsoft has indeed embraced Linux, in the context of Azure, they are making a ton of money thanks to Linux. And if people develop for Linux-based platforms, why not give them the tools?

znpy 6y ago
> There is nothing to extinghuish, except for the notion of Linux on the desktop Thanks you proved my point
- protomyth 6y ago
  The ", that was never a thing anyway, except for a few technerds." was a pretty important part of the line you quoted.
  - znpy 6y ago
    It doesn't matter at all. Linux on the developers' desktop, that matters.
patrec 6y ago
There is something to extinguish: Apple. Microsoft had a significant problem that all the best (non-game) developers used macOS (and a few even linux), which severely damaged their ecosystem. They fixed that. Apple might be in for a rude awakening in turn when they realize the toys they enjoy selling for exorbitant profits had an ecosystem dependency on the professional products they more or less abandoned.
- louwrentius 6y ago
  Yes I agree with that.