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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. Re:Heh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why is it always so hard with you linux people? Don't use windows, it sucks, don't use anything with fruit on it, it sucks too. OH, WHAT'S THAT??? You want to use LINUX?? THE Holy Grail of OS? YES!!!

    Oh, GOD, NO, why did you choose that distro?????

    PLEBIAN!!

  2. Are you a teenager? by jmcbain · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are you 15 years old or something? Microsoft has long shown that it wants to destroy all competing platforms that compete with Windows.

    Guess what? Linux is a platform. Guess what? Linux competes with Windows on the server end.

    My guess is that you are one of those millennials who has no idea about history beyond what you had for lunch.