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Re:Microsoft has developed its own Linux: in-house software-... by Kurtz79 on Friday September 18, 2015 @07:55AM (#10238636)
"How long until they decide that Windows Server is no longer worth investing in ?"

Without hard data to support it, my impression (or better, my anecdotal experience) is that Windows Server has quite a strong hold in medium/large sized companies (not necessarily IT companies) as part of the local network infrastructure, and it's quite profitable for Microsoft.

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Re:Microsoft has developed its own Linux: in-house software-... by buffoon on Friday September 18, 2015 @09:51AM (#10239166)
I think it's treated as a necessary evil. People are starting to realise that it's less necessary these days.

Anecdotally, back a decade ago it was common to see a Windows 2000/2003/SBS box in even an SME environment being a fileserver/exchange/intranet/AD box. Now, I rarely see one. In fact they're declining even in large corps.

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Re:Microsoft has developed its own Linux: in-house software-... by frik on Friday September 18, 2015 @01:02PM (#10240352)
What do you use as replacement for Active Directory?

Which OS do you deploy on thin clients (ChromeOS, Android, Ubuntu/RedHat Linux)?

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Re:Microsoft has developed its own Linux: in-house software-... by buffoon on Friday September 18, 2015 @05:56PM (#10242294)
AD replacement: oauth2 backed by a directory server (Azure AD / Google apps accounts)

Clients: anything really. The OS almost doesn't matter now.

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