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The word "Microsoft" appears 12 times in this press release. I always thought Microsoft would end up acquiring Red Hat, but IBM did it instead. Now I think th

The word "Microsoft" appears 12 times in this press release. I always thought Microsoft would end up acquiring Red Hat, but IBM did it instead. Now I think they'll acquire Canonical. I think it's only a matter of time before we'll have a Microsoft Linux.

ohthehugemanate 4y ago
https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner Microsoft's linux platforms presently run mostly on Ubuntu. You're right that one way out of that dependency would be to buy Canonical. They chose to make their own top level Linux distro instead.
- rajishx 4y ago
  reading it from the README it does seem they use fedora/spec for packaging? is it ubuntu repackaged with rpm?
rajishx 4y ago
to be fair and try to dismiss your comment, it does seem the word Microsoft has been associated a lot with opensource companies and technologies lately.
- bityard 4y ago
  To give MS credit, they are _much_ more friendly to open source than I ever believed they could be. I think the popularity of Linux and Mac for web/cloud development (which is almost entirely based around open source code) more or less forced their hand.
  - ianai 4y ago
    It’s a shock to me as well. I do think this direction leads to more revenue for them long term though. Clearly the Windows desktop isn’t quite enough for their future plans so they’ve got to play nice with emerging platforms, or something. (Sounds more like 2013 logic but you get the idea…)
  - mistrial9 4y ago
    friendly, as in "we enable your chinese food order, we monitor you eating it, and we get some of yours when we want it" friendly
xuhu 4y ago
AWS or EC2 appear 13 times in the article, maybe it's just an emphasis on cloud vendors they were after.
VTimofeenko 4y ago
Well we already had Microsoft Unix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix
lightbulbjim 4y ago
I've been waiting for Microsoft to acquire Canonical.
- nickstinemates 4y ago
  I think it almost happened once. Right before wsl launched. Thats what I heard anyway
Lammy 4y ago
It could have been AOL :) https://web.archive.org/web/20020123134105/http://www.washtech.com/news/media/14759-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20020123134105/http://www.washte...
sph 4y ago
Canonical has certainly done its hardest to align with Microsoft.
- lproven 4y ago
  Could you explain that, or give some examples? I am baffled by your comment. I can't think of anything that fits.
  - sofixa 4y ago
    WSL? It was developed jointly by Canonical and MS,and makes Windows better.
    - lproven 4y ago
      [[Citation needed]] On both, TBH. :-D
parasense 4y ago
I half suspect Microsoft was bidding for Red Hat, and potentially that provoked IBM into action. It's just a theory, but Red Hat for many years was setup to avoid hostile takeovers from the likes of IBM with so called poison pill stocks or whatever.

ohthehugemanate 4y ago

https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner Microsoft's linux platforms presently run mostly on Ubuntu. You're right that one way out of that dependency would be to buy Canonical. They chose to make their own top level Linux distro instead.

rajishx 4y ago
reading it from the README it does seem they use fedora/spec for packaging? is it ubuntu repackaged with rpm?

rajishx 4y ago

to be fair and try to dismiss your comment, it does seem the word Microsoft has been associated a lot with opensource companies and technologies lately.

bityard 4y ago
To give MS credit, they are _much_ more friendly to open source than I ever believed they could be. I think the popularity of Linux and Mac for web/cloud development (which is almost entirely based around open source code) more or less forced their hand.
- ianai 4y ago
  It’s a shock to me as well. I do think this direction leads to more revenue for them long term though. Clearly the Windows desktop isn’t quite enough for their future plans so they’ve got to play nice with emerging platforms, or something. (Sounds more like 2013 logic but you get the idea…)
- mistrial9 4y ago
  friendly, as in "we enable your chinese food order, we monitor you eating it, and we get some of yours when we want it" friendly

xuhu 4y ago

AWS or EC2 appear 13 times in the article, maybe it's just an emphasis on cloud vendors they were after.

VTimofeenko 4y ago

Well we already had Microsoft Unix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix

lightbulbjim 4y ago

I've been waiting for Microsoft to acquire Canonical.

nickstinemates 4y ago
I think it almost happened once. Right before wsl launched. Thats what I heard anyway

Lammy 4y ago

It could have been AOL :) https://web.archive.org/web/20020123134105/http://www.washtech.com/news/media/14759-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20020123134105/http://www.washte...

sph 4y ago

Canonical has certainly done its hardest to align with Microsoft.

lproven 4y ago
Could you explain that, or give some examples? I am baffled by your comment. I can't think of anything that fits.
- sofixa 4y ago
  WSL? It was developed jointly by Canonical and MS,and makes Windows better.
  - lproven 4y ago
    [[Citation needed]] On both, TBH. :-D

parasense 4y ago

I half suspect Microsoft was bidding for Red Hat, and potentially that provoked IBM into action. It's just a theory, but Red Hat for many years was setup to avoid hostile takeovers from the likes of IBM with so called poison pill stocks or whatever.