Why Microsoft's Linux lovefest goes hand-in-hand with its Azure cloud strategy

Posted by the_doctor on Jul 17, 2016 8:00 PM EDT
TechRepublic; By Keith Townsend
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What a difference 15 years makes. A little over 15 years ago to this month, Microsoft's then-CEO Steve Ballmer called Linux a "cancer" due to intellectual property concerns at the time. It's a commonly-held belief that Microsoft was at war with Linux as a result of the threat Linux posed to Windows Server.

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