Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 11:40 AM EDT |
So MS is letting Linux run on their paid-for servers?
Why wouldn't they, it's better than their software?[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 11:41 AM EDT |
... at least not when you consider Canonical's behavior towards such as
Mono.
They didn't have to go in that direction of course... but the
leanings seem to be more and more Microsoft friendly - which means, logically,
given Microsoft's anti-FLOSS, anti-customer behaviors - not so friendly towards
customers in the future.
RAS[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 12:44 PM EDT |
Always wanting to be the next Microsoft.
From day one, Ubuntu has catered to the Windows impaired mindset. Integrate as
much useless stuff as possible into a bloated 'default' then limit the users
ability to customize. Ease of use taken to such an extreme as to be broken.
Slackware... the cure for Windows (or Ubuntu).[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 01:13 PM EDT |
maybe this is part of a plan to capitalize on the anticipated failure of win8
but having a ready alternative withing the existing infrastructure
of coarse it seems like buisness as usual, Ubuntu already runs in microsofts
desktop platform, not it can be better run in its cloud platform[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: symbolset on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 01:22 PM EDT |
Wow. The Redmond dealmakers are getting serious about signing the Linux folk
to their Faustian bargains. First Fedora, now Canonical.
They should have
learned from Novell that this just does not work out. Ever.
Oh, well. It's
not like we're going to run out of distributions to shift to. A shame though.
I liked Ubuntu.
Other distros were well advised to have a close look at these
persuasive and charming strangers in their midst. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 01:24 PM EDT |
Ubuntu changes their GUI (almost seasonly, like it is the fashionable thing to
do).
This is not a wise practice for busineses to have the computer GUI change all
the time. Many "normal" folks (that are more than the typical
employee at more businesses) have a hard time adjusting to GUI changes, and so,
Ubuntu changes end up creating MORE COSTS.
Ubuntu should, just run on LXDE (Lubuntu) GUI, and have KDE, and Gnome, or
Unity, be for creative users.
I don't install Ubuntu in any business due to problems caused "staffing
wise" with all the various wild-and-crazy GUI changes that adds to the TCO
of the business.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 01:28 PM EDT |
"Microsoft is now allowing non-Windows platforms to run on their Azure
cloud computing platform. Besides Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, other distributions being
offered by Microsoft on Azure include CentOS 6.2, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 SP2, and openSUSE 12.1. " ...[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 03:29 PM EDT |
I guess Ubuntu is hurting for money. I'm sure the Ubuntu
management will enjoy their just rewards.
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Authored by: nsomos on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 03:45 PM EDT |
I just want to point out that MS did not literally buy Ubuntu.
In fact I predict that MS will never buy outright any company
that distributes Linux. If MS ever DID buy such a company,
then by indirectly having distributed Linux, MS might have
trouble suing or threatening to sue other Linux distributors.
(For specious reasons of course ... )
MS would never willingly abandon a potential weapon/tool that
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 04:35 PM EDT |
Is this sort of like the earlier claims about phones.
Does anyone use Azure?
Maybe the same people that are buying all the windows phones.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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