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Microsoft To Run Linux On Azure

Posted by samzenpus on from the odd-couple dept.

snydeq writes "After years of battling Linux as a competitive threat, Microsoft is now offering Linux-based operating systems on its Windows Azure cloud service. The Linux services will go live on Azure at 4 a.m. EDT on Thursday. At that time, the Azure portal will offer a number of Linux distributions, including Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2, OpenSuse 12.01, CentOS 6.2 and Canonical Ubuntu 12.04. Azure users will be able to choose and deploy a Linux distribution from the Microsoft Windows Azure Image Gallery and be charged on an hourly pay-as-you-go basis."

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  1. This affects my vacation plans by claytongulick · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was planning to book a skiing vacation in Colorado, but it looks at if all the sweet powder will be on the mountains in hell.

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  2. Are you sure? by symbolset · · Score: 4, Funny

    With so many different Linux distributions, how are you so sure one isn't named Azure?

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  3. Isn't it Reassuring to Know ... by srobert · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... that Microsoft is now embracing Linux and will be extending its capabilities?

  4. Re:Heh... by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    And a cancer

    And throw in a chair

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  5. Re:It's nothing personal, Linux by catmistake · · Score: 5, Funny

    They have excluded their own proprietary enterprise solutions in favor of Linux.

    Citation please.

    it was a little tough to find this, but here ya go:
    Microsoft To Run Linux On Azure

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  6. the real reason by slashmydots · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparently even Microsoft can't affording Microsoft licensing on its servers, lol.

  7. Re:Kilkenny Cats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh my God! They Kilkenny!

    You bastards!