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But does Windows Server "dominate" server OS or especially cloud server OS market? Vast majority of servers in cloud run Linux....

• taeric 2y ago
  But that is somewhat missing the point. This locks in people that are currently doing on-prem servers so that they are cost prohibitive to move to a cloud that isn't MS. Again, you can almost argue that clouds do this with expensive exfiltration costs. At least that corresponds to work you are asking them to do, though. This is purely a licensing trap to keep people from choosing an option.
  • zokier 2y ago
    They can move to different OS if they don't like MS licensing policy. I'm sure IBM and Oracle etc are more than happy to take them as customers, MS does not have monopoly on server side.