And, as Sanders said, Linux and open-source are "where the customers are." So, what choices does Microsoft offer corporate Linux users on Azure? Well, first you can bring your own Linux distribution.

That's right. Microsoft's prize cloud, Linux, not Windows Server, is now, at least some of the time, the most popular operating system. Windows Server isn't going to be making a come back. You see ...

Microsoft bringing Azure microservices to Linux, continuing to cozy up to open-source OS. by Dan Richman on September 13, 2016 at 9:00 am September 13, 2016 at 5:12 amDan Richman on September 13 ...

Azure Sphere is powered in large part by Linux, a free operating system that Microsoft once viewed as a major threat. It's the first time that Microsoft has made Linux part of a product offering.

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 ...

Linux usage on Microsoft Azure cloud has now surpassed Windows usage, according to Microsoft Linux kernel developer Sasha Levin, demonstrating how far the open source OS has come since former ...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, finally met in person at a friendly dinner.

2. Azure Sphere works with secure application processors that can incorporate Microsoft's Pluton subsystem. Azure Sphere OS is a compact version of Linux enhanced with a secure application ...

The code for Azure Service Fabric will follow the MIT open source licensing model, and there will be "a completely open development process on GitHub" in coming months, according to the announcement.

He said that "in the context of Azure, Microsoft makes more money if you have 10 installations of Linux than if you have two instances of Windows." Linux represented about 20 percent of the virtual ...