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Re:The Collapse Of Microsoft's Monopoly from 95% to 20% of C... by pixl97 on Saturday December 08, 2012 @12:37AM (#4890791)
Where is the other half of the equation.

What's happening with Microsoft in the server room? All these tablets and phones and other assorted toys don't make very much of their own data. They are fed with huge server farms. I don't see Apple making any of those servers and server operating systems currently.

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Re:The Collapse Of Microsoft's Monopoly from 95% to 20% of C... by 9oliYQjP on Saturday December 08, 2012 @12:45AM (#4890808)
Server rooms are increasingly Linux only with a token Exchange server. There are definitely lots of Microsoft servers but they are increasingly there for legacy reasons like a development team that opted for .NET over Java a decade ago. Most new deployments and all that popular cloud stuff is happening on Linux. Even Microsoft was forced to support Linux on Azure.
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