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Re:Ask HN: Why is there so much hatred and distrust of Micro... by tfehring on Sunday June 03, 2018 @08:09PM (#17223334)
So it's fair to say that they're embracing Linux, then?

Don't get me wrong, I'll be thrilled if it turns out that their newfound commitment to open source is driven solely by an interest in creating better software. But there are few solid reasons to believe that that's the case: the PR around open source is, well, PR, and Microsoft's anticompetitive practices were around long before Ballmer took over.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is there so much hatred and distrust of Micro... by parvenu74 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @08:30PM (#17223448)
Over 3/4 of Azure VMs are Linux. You don’t call that an embrace? The ironic truth right now is that Microsoft is a better supporter of Linux than Amazon, Google, or Facebook.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is there so much hatred and distrust of Micro... by tfehring on Sunday June 03, 2018 @09:08PM (#17223661)
To clarify, I genuinely believe that Microsoft is embracing Linux. The issue is that, if history is any indication, its next two steps will be "extend" and "extinguish."

I'm probably over-extrapolating a bit, but my point is that there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of claims that Microsoft is being altruistic.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is there so much hatred and distrust of Micro... by dozzie on Sunday June 03, 2018 @09:05PM (#17223649)
It's all because Microsoft has to support Linux well on their Azure. There's very few companies writing code facing the internet for Windows, it's all Linux nowadays. Azure would tank immediately if it was Windows-only.
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