From: bliss@mouse-potato.com   
      
   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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