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Re: Microsoft Linux Layer

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On Mon, 8 Aug 2016 09:35:07 -0700
Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:

> On 2016-08-08, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
> > Marek Novotny wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
> >  
> >> On 2016-08-08, Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote:  
> >>> On 08/08/2016 10:30, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:  
> >>>> Marek Novotny wrote this copyrighted missive and expects
> >>>> royalties:
> >>>>
> >>>> Yawn, who cares about the "Microsoft Linux Layer"?  
> >>>
> >>> Because some of us are interested in new and emerging
> >>> technologies but   
> >                                         =============================
> >
> > LOL That is exactly what the Microsoft Linux Layer is not.
> >  
> >>> we get that a lot of the Linux users like to live in the 80's
> >>> with command lines and simple displays. I'd guess there is a few
> >>> who get their thrills by leaning into a dot matrix printer
> >>> printing their favourite ASCII art porn.  
> >
> > The usual non sequitur from Siwwy Wabbit.
> >  
> >> You can do both.     
> >
> > Of course.
> >
> >    http://www.infoworld.com/article/3050845/microsoft-windows/microsoft-embraces-linux-way-too-late.html
> >
> >    In this case, Microsoft is very, very late to the game and isn't
> > offering a competing product -- it's trying to accommodate the
> > competition in an effort to save itself. We haven't seen that
> > before, and it will be interesting to note how it all plays out.
> >
> >    In the meantime, I’m pretty sure there won’t be a mad rush of
> > devs and admins dying to run a highly limited Ubuntu user space on
> > Windows 10. They'll stick with their Macs and Mint boxes.  
> 
> It's not very compelling, honestly. And honestly Microsoft is seeing
> the trend moving away from them and to open source. I thought I
> recently read an article which was talking about how open source used
> to be the exception in the fortune 500 but that it is now the rule.
> It was said that some 78% of companies are now using open source
> software to run their vital services. 
> 
> Using Linux for their switched fabric and offering hosted Linux on
> Azure really just shows the shift at Microsoft. Now we see SQLServer
> ported to Linux. .Net dev tools open sourced. And now even on the
> desktop Microsoft wants to try to be competitive but I think the
> mind-share is already on Linux for open source software. This is
> nothing that would cause me to take a second look at Windows. If not
> for the Adobe suite I need, I'd not give this any thought at all. 
> 

It is not that world now moves to open source. M$ just sees cake and
wants piece of that cake, that's all...

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  Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Adlbifhr Mjduhgfks <am@random.us> - 2016-08-07 21:18 +0000
  Re: Microsoft Linux Layer flatfish+++ <flatfish4real@gmail.com> - 2016-08-07 19:49 -0400
    Re: Microsoft Linux Layer flatfish+++ <flatfish4real@gmail.com> - 2016-08-07 19:57 -0400
    Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-08-07 17:15 -0700
      Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-08-07 18:03 -0700
        Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-08-07 18:35 -0700
          Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-08-07 18:48 -0700
          Re: Microsoft Linux Layer DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-08-08 14:34 -0400
            Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-08-08 12:17 -0700
      Re: Microsoft Linux Layer flatfish+++ <flatfish4real@gmail.com> - 2016-08-07 22:14 -0400
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      Re: Microsoft Linux Layer -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-08-08 09:57 -0700
        Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-08-08 10:22 -0700
  Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-08-08 07:52 +0200
    Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-08-08 08:47 -0700
  Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-08-08 05:30 -0400
    Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-08-08 16:14 +0100
      Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-08-08 08:56 -0700
        Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-08-08 12:02 -0400
          Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-08-08 17:22 +0100
          Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-08-08 09:35 -0700
            Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-08-08 19:00 +0200
              Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-08-08 10:14 -0700
        Re: Microsoft Linux Layer William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2016-08-08 17:09 +0100
          Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-08-08 17:19 +0100
          Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-08-08 09:38 -0700
            Re: Microsoft Linux Layer chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-08 11:57 -0500
              Re: Microsoft Linux Layer -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-08-08 16:56 -0700
                Re: My copy Win10 runs smoothly, no problems, on my i7-5775c PC. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-08-09 12:07 -0700
                Re: My copy Win10 runs smoothly, no problems, on my i7-5775c PC. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-08-09 14:15 -0700
                Re: My copy Win10 runs smoothly, no problems, on my i7-5775c PC. Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-08-09 20:09 -0400
                Re: My copy Win10 runs smoothly, no problems, on my i7-5775c PC. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-08-09 20:13 -0700
                Re: My copy Win10 runs smoothly, no problems, on my i7-5775c PC. benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-08-09 17:51 -0400
              Re: Microsoft Linux Layer Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-08-09 09:23 +0100
    re: Microsoft Linux Layer "1 eyed chicken" <chicken@gmail.com> - 2016-08-08 20:14 +0200
  Re: Microsoft Linux Layer DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-08-08 13:50 -0400

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