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Because all of Microsoft's people secretly use linux on thier machines. (No joke. This is a thing. It means when something goes catastrophically wrong with win
by sandworm101 9mo ago
Because all of Microsoft's people secretly use linux on thier machines.
(No joke. This is a thing. It means when something goes catastrophically wrong with windows, the people in position to fix the problem will still be able to function.)
- steve1977 9mo agoYeah, sure this is a thing. All of Microsoft's people secretly use Linux...
- cyanydeez 9mo agoThat and forced LLM adoption means they solve problems in text.
- Bender 9mo agoI can't really add to that one but I do know that many at Cisco turn old Cisco gear into Linux workstations.
- bigfatkitten 9mo agoIOS-XE runs Linux underneath.
- potatowaffle 9mo agoWhen one of the senior executives from Bing Search visited my university for a talk, they personally told the director of the computer science department that they envied the fact that the director could use a 27-inch iMac at work, whereas they could only use one at home.
- sandworm101 9mo agoThe head of bing search is not ever going to be in position to issue an emergency patch for windows. They are far more likely to cause such a situation than resolve one.
- matltc 9mo agoThe one dev I know at Microsoft runs WSL2