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I know a lot of Microsoft people who work in Azure who are big on open source. They know all about KeyCloak, Kubernetes, HashiCorp Vault, Terraform, etc It’s n

I know a lot of Microsoft people who work in Azure who are big on open source. They know all about KeyCloak, Kubernetes, HashiCorp Vault, Terraform, etc It’s not your Dad’s Microsoft

Salgat 2y ago
Microsoft has also been one of Linux' top contributors. The old days are over, and the shift has been from selling a product to selling a service and making sure those open source projects work best on your service. Ironically both Elasticsearch and Redis didn't like this in spite of having dedicated AWS employees contributing to their projects. At least Microsoft and AWS have a financial incentive to maintaining open source.
- JackSlateur 2y ago
  Yes. And why ? Because some heretics are not using hyper-V as hypervisor. So microsoft works with Linux to make sure windows can be run as guest. The day AWS and GCP migrates their workloads to hyper-v will mark the end of microsoft's upstream contribution on Linux.
Grimblewald 2y ago
its not the workers and wealth creators people worry about, rather, its executive leadership and its ability to stand up to investors. Take xbox, phil spencer, gamepass etc. Look at the direction phil was taking things, the direction he wanted to keep taking things, but then compare against the direction it ended up having to take because of investors. of course the workers are pro opensource etc. Their income is totally divorced from company profit, but through opensource they can at least build a public image that improves employability in a landscape of zero-trust relationships with your employer.
wvenable 2y ago
This situation from the article is interesting because it was one of the last obvious "old school Microsoft" vs. "new school Microsoft" battles. And, ultimately, old-school Microsoft lost this fight.

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I know a lot of Microsoft people who work in Azure who are big on open source. They know all about KeyCloak, Kubernetes, HashiCorp Vault, Terraform, etc It’s n

by firesteelrain 2y ago

I know a lot of Microsoft people who work in Azure who are big on open source. They know all about KeyCloak, Kubernetes, HashiCorp Vault, Terraform, etc It’s not your Dad’s Microsoft

Salgat 2y ago
Microsoft has also been one of Linux' top contributors. The old days are over, and the shift has been from selling a product to selling a service and making sure those open source projects work best on your service. Ironically both Elasticsearch and Redis didn't like this in spite of having dedicated AWS employees contributing to their projects. At least Microsoft and AWS have a financial incentive to maintaining open source.
- JackSlateur 2y ago
  Yes. And why ? Because some heretics are not using hyper-V as hypervisor. So microsoft works with Linux to make sure windows can be run as guest. The day AWS and GCP migrates their workloads to hyper-v will mark the end of microsoft's upstream contribution on Linux.
Grimblewald 2y ago
its not the workers and wealth creators people worry about, rather, its executive leadership and its ability to stand up to investors. Take xbox, phil spencer, gamepass etc. Look at the direction phil was taking things, the direction he wanted to keep taking things, but then compare against the direction it ended up having to take because of investors. of course the workers are pro opensource etc. Their income is totally divorced from company profit, but through opensource they can at least build a public image that improves employability in a landscape of zero-trust relationships with your employer.
wvenable 2y ago
This situation from the article is interesting because it was one of the last obvious "old school Microsoft" vs. "new school Microsoft" battles. And, ultimately, old-school Microsoft lost this fight.