Microsoft developer reveals Linux is now more used on Azure than Windows Server

Post by ohthehugemanate » Mon, Jul 01, 2019, 1:46 PM UTC

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #110

ohthehugemanate wrote: post #96

Every few months we get another post like this, with a slightly different measure. Yes, lots of Azure workloads run Linux, and Microsoft makes it a priority. It's not news anymore. At the same time, Azure itself runs largely on Windows servers in Service Fabric ( https://github.com/Microsoft/service-fabric ), so it's hard to count. With nested hypervisors as the normal architecture nowadays, this whole tally is prett…

>But we (the tech community) never seem to get bored with the "Microsoft is eating humble pie on OSS" story. Maybe that's exactly what Microsoft deserves after so many years of big-bad-wolf behavior. And Microsoft absolutely relishes it. The tech community provides priceless support for Microsoft's key marketing message, which is that Azure runs everything and you don't have to go to AWS for first class Linux hosting…

Post by gmueckl » Mon, Jul 01, 2019, 1:57 PM UTC

pjc50 wrote: post #123

z3phyr wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On one end, I really like the open source movement; Having said that, I can't do anything but blame it for the slow pace of computer systems research. My reasoning is that the OS does not sell anymore (partly due to FOSS movement) and thus research computing environments hardly come out of the labs for use in production. We are forever stuck with Unix's interpretation of what an OS could be, and there is very little…

This is not a new phenomenon, though; I was considering an OS research PhD all the way back in 2000, in the research group that brought out Nemesis ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis_(operating_system) ) - but even back then I could see that the compatibility issue was a colossal barrier. Back then we thought Windows had won the desktop and the UNIX-like OSs would remain in a niche. The only thing that disrupted…

Post by freehunter » Mon, Jul 01, 2019, 2:09 PM UTC

oxfordmale wrote: post #51

On Azure, a Windows VM instance tends to cost about 50% more than the equivalent instance running Linux,so it is a no brainer to use Linux if your application is operation system independent.

Post by whatshisface » Mon, Jul 01, 2019, 2:13 PM UTC

BrissyCoder wrote: post #108

ohthehugemanate wrote: post #96

Every few months we get another post like this, with a slightly different measure. Yes, lots of Azure workloads run Linux, and Microsoft makes it a priority. It's not news anymore. At the same time, Azure itself runs largely on Windows servers in Service Fabric ( https://github.com/Microsoft/service-fabric ), so it's hard to count. With nested hypervisors as the normal architecture nowadays, this whole tally is prett…

I've been a dev for 20+ years now. I don't care about the OSS vs Proprietary argument at all. I care about my productivity and job satisfaction. Microsoft - in every sphere from IDEs to cloud platforms and now machine learning - has done more to make this stuff easier to learn, use and afford than any other organization.

Post by Someone1234 » Mon, Jul 01, 2019, 2:23 PM UTC

whatshisface wrote: post #137

BrissyCoder wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been a dev for 20+ years now. I don't care about the OSS vs Proprietary argument at all. I care about my productivity and job satisfaction. Microsoft - in every sphere from IDEs to cloud platforms and now machine learning - has done more to make this stuff easier to learn, use and afford than any other organization.

> I don't care about the OSS vs Proprietary argument at all. I care about my productivity and job satisfaction. That's kind of like saying, "I don't care about voting, I just want politicians to represent me."