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   Mr. Man-wai Chang to Sativa GNutella   
   Re: Should Microsoft Acquire Canonical U   
   07 Aug 22 18:28:50   
   
   From: toylet.toylet@gmail.com   
      
   On 6/8/2022 2:18 am, 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.)   
      
   Isn't SCO Unix a dead end? :)   
      
   And you have to consider the differences between frontend and backends.   
      
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