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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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