Because Shiny Things Are Fun - The New New Windows v Linux Thread

It's obviously targeted at enterprise - i.e. for those with the need to run multiple headless Linux servers virtualised.

In enterprise, I don't think anyone apart from IBM/Red Hat or SUSE is interested in running X servers or X11 applications.

Originally Posted by jsbjsb001 it's some form of Linux that runs almost everything like supercomputers, servers, etc...

Netflix and WhatsApp, arguably typical kids' stuff, run on FreeBSD.

Originally Posted by cynwulf I'm sure that most of the WWW runs on Linux.

I disagree.

Not to mention phones and smart TVs but on and on...

By W3Cook's analysis of Alexa's data, 96.3 percent of the top 1 million*web*servers are*running Linux. The remainder is split between Windows, 1.9 percent, and FreeBSD, 1.8 percent.Oct 15, 2015

https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/art...without-linux/

Originally Posted by YesItsMe I disagree.

You are free to do so. Even most FreeBSD users agree that Linux accounts for well over 3/4 of web servers. I accept of course that such stats are often based on faulty data, for example see "unknown" in this graph:

https://w3techs.com/technologies/det...s-unix/all/all

I worked for some companies that had us developing software on MS-Windows, but they ran Linux on their web servers. Even then, plenty of developers at those companies used something like Cygwin on MS-Windows, to give them Linux-like capabilities on MS-Windows.

There are various set top boxes, boxes for cable or satellite TV services, that run Linux.

In the US, the state of Illinois, some of the Illinois Lottery machines in stores run Linux. Some of the "pin pads" used in stores have associated software running on Linux.

I bought a stand alone network backup server that was primarily intended to backup files from a collection of MS-Windows based machines, yet the backup server was running Linux.

There are ostensibly over 2 Billion Android devices; Android is built on Linux.

So it seems as though there's a few machines out there running Linux.

We got you.

Originally Posted by YesItsMe We got you.

Yes, we got you, withholding information like:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/free-s...rch-this-week/
!

Originally Posted by jamison20000e withholding information like: https://www.zdnet.com/article/free-s...rch-this-week/

Only a world-class master of B$ like Microsoft could invite someone to lecture them, then pay them to do so, and go on to blame THEM for accepting the invitation.

And\or someone who needs it to hold their hand...

Originally Posted by freemedia2018 Only a world-class master of B$ like Microsoft could invite someone to lecture them, then pay them to do so, and go on to blame THEM for accepting the invitation.

Link?

Originally Posted by cynwulf Link?

Think it was more YesItsMe than micro coughed in this case but I'm surprised he didn't cover up the podium‽

Just goes to show you can either only pay developers to stand around the water cooler and go to the bathroom 10 minutes a day, 40 hours a year or you can also involve the entire world and open source communities, you get what you put in.

Originally Posted by cynwulf Link?

Fair question-- but I don't think you'll be satisfied.

I CAN find you a legit source that says Microsoft has an official policy of being nicer "out in the open" and doing their dirty work through proxies, but (as a result of that policy) I can't always show you that it is actually Microsoft saying these things, because they use shills.

The general concern is that people are spinning the Microsoft visit to look like a bad idea.

I also think it was a bad idea, just not as bad as they're implying. I also believe Stallman will be replying to the matter in the next few days, or so we are being teased.