Microsoft to Storm Linux Strongholds

VitaminB52 writes "Microsoft is only winning about one out of four deals where IT shops are trying to move off of proprietary Unix. To turn that trend around, there are four specific Linux strongholds where Microsoft is focusing its attention." From the article: "After discussing server clustering, Web hosting, and server appliances, Ballmer was cut off by the interviewees before he could identify the fourth. But my guess is that, given the way Ballmer emphasized Software as a Service (SaaS) as a core theme for all the work that's taking place at Microsoft right now, the fourth stronghold of Linux that Microsoft wants is the SaaS stronghold where Linux is the operating system behind a Java-based application server technology ... Ballmer knows he's got a long roe to hoe. 'The day I come in front of the Gartner audience and say we have a better Unix than Linux, that'll be a good day.'"

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JBoss

[phong3d]

...the fourth stronghold of Linux that Microsoft wants is the SaaS stronghold where Linux is the operating system behind a Java-based application server technology

Sure, that makes sense, especially considering the big announcement last month of JBoss partnering with Microsoft to build up interoperability with Windows servers and the JEMS stuff.

Re:time will come

[IntlHarvester]

Actually, it's already happened. Sun is getting widely dumped in favor of RedHat/x86, who is seen as an top-tier enterprise vendor in Sun's traditional strongholds. As a result they've been forced to adopt a very aggressive x64 strategy.

Why Linux On Clusters?

[deadline]

There are some very good reasons why Linux is on Clusters. Having been in the HPC business for over 17 years, I think the reasons are not very obvious to many outside the field. To spread the word I wrote . Why Linux On Clusters which pretty much tells it like it is.

Doug - a genuine Cluster Monkey