On 8/5/22 11:18, Sativa GNutella wrote:
> Sure, Microsoft could easily create their own Linux distribution;
> similarly to what Amazon has done. However, Ubuntu (made by
> Canonical) is already the most used Linux distribution within
> Microsoft Azure. Plus, Microsoft has had some close integration
> in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for Windows 10 where
> even though other Linux distros are supported, it?s clear that
> Ubuntu is the preferred distribution to use with WSL. Due to this
> popularity of Ubuntu Linux on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform,
> and the tight integration using WSL with Windows 10; it really
> seems to make perfect sense that if Microsoft wanted their own
> Linux distribution for the Azure cloud and for Windows 10,
> Microsoft would choose to continue this relationship to the next
> level by acquiring the Canonical (the company that makes the
> Ubuntu Linux distribution.)
>
> Microsoft has even started targeting Linux with it?s desktop
> software. The release of the Microsoft Teams desktop client
> application for Linux is the first Microsoft Office application
> released for Linux. With this release, Microsoft even stated that
> it?s the ?first Microsoft 365 app coming to Linux?. Perhaps we?ll
> even see Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and others come to run
> natively on Linux in the near future as well.
>
> This growth of Linux adoption by Microsoft makes it seem that even
> though the Windows OS will be here for the foreseeable future,
> it?s becoming clearer that Linux taking over the server market
> may only be the beginning. Linux is creeping into our desktop and
> laptop machines slowly more and more. In the future, it may
> become the dominant operating system for all uses. After all,
> Linux is in most peoples pockets with Google?s Android OS too.
> Microsoft acquiring Canonical and Ubuntu may be the best way for
> Microsoft to stay relevant in the way of operating systems of the
> future; for both server and desktop use.
>
> Acquiring Ubuntu, the most popular Linux distribution in the cloud
> and across the enterprise, may be the next best move to say
> relevant in the operating system space. Especially since Windows
> Server?s marketshare in the cloud (including Microsoft?s own
> Azure cloud) has been slowly decreasing in favor of Linux and
> most popularly Ubuntu.
It is important to remember that IBM and Microsot have history and that
IBM already bought Red Hat.

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