Re:“I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure”
by inetknght on Friday February 12, 2021 @10:44AM
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Don't get me wrong, what Canonical has done here also isn't good. But what they've done shouldn't have been possible because Microsoft shouldn't have given Canonical the information in the first place.
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Re:“I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure”
by bigbizisverywyz on Friday February 12, 2021 @11:20AM
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The question I have is what's in it for Microsoft, why did they even bother to do this in the first place? I can't believe there would be that big of a cash incentive.
Re:“I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure”
by foolmeonce on Friday February 12, 2021 @12:49PM
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If this were Windows, I would expect Microsoft to pass it to an internal department that sells higher service contracts and then off to 3rd parties that provide the same for up to a week after you find the "don't share my data" checkbox.
That (enterprise support) is a very important side business. Whether they got cash from other OSes or just set it up the same to fight an eventual Anti-Trust Case is anyone's guess.