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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by duaneb on Thursday October 24, 2013 @06:58PM (#6608631)
I think Azure is great, but it remains that people are using linux for their servers.
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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by biot on Thursday October 24, 2013 @07:14PM (#6608713)
Azure is OS agnostic; Linux runs great on it.
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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by duaneb on Friday October 25, 2013 @01:16PM (#6612926)
Hence why I said it was so great. My point was that windows is dying as a server OS, though I'm sure enterprise will keep it kicking for several decades
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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by eball on Thursday October 24, 2013 @07:49PM (#6608878)
Microsoft even charges less for Linux VMs on Azure than Windows Server VMs with the same specs.
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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by duaneb on Friday October 25, 2013 @01:15PM (#6612922)
Exactly! Windows is a dying beast.
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