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Re:Microsoft developer reveals Linux is now more used on Azu... by fauigerzigerk on Monday July 01, 2019 @07:59AM (#20324443)
>But we (the tech community) never seem to get bored with the "Microsoft is eating humble pie on OSS" story. Maybe that's exactly what Microsoft deserves after so many years of big-bad-wolf behavior.

And Microsoft absolutely relishes it. The tech community provides priceless support for Microsoft's key marketing message, which is that Azure runs everything and you don't have to go to AWS for first class Linux hosting.

The humble pie they are eating is worth billions per bite.

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Re:Microsoft developer reveals Linux is now more used on Azu... by outside1234 on Monday July 01, 2019 @08:41AM (#20324666)
And the next generation at Microsoft doesn’t even think this is humble pie - we think Linux (and open source in general) is the most delicious (and profitable!) pie we could possibly imagine.
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Re:Microsoft developer reveals Linux is now more used on Azu... by ohthehugemanate on Monday July 01, 2019 @09:46AM (#20325173)
> The humble pie they are eating is worth billions per bite.

Absolutely it is - I don't mean to deny that. Only that the story obscures a lot of value that we, the broader tech community, should be taking from their contributions.

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