https://ulveon-thoughts-f210db.gitlab.io/tag/microsoft/Recent content in Microsoft on Ulveon's ThoughtsHugoen-IESun, 21 Apr 2024 19:34:09 +0100https://ulveon-thoughts-f210db.gitlab.io/p/2024-04-21-microsoft-doesnt-love-linux/Sun, 21 Apr 2024 19:34:09 +0100https://ulveon-thoughts-f210db.gitlab.io/p/2024-04-21-microsoft-doesnt-love-linux/<p>Some time ago, Microsoft <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/blog/2015/05/06/microsoft-loves-linux/">announced a surprising shift in stance</a> [<a href="https://archive.is/jHKOO">archived version</a>] with their newfound affection for Linux. This marked a notable departure from the era of Steve Ballmer, whose approach was <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/">considerably more hostile</a> [<a href="http://archive.today/swg2o">archived version</a>] towards competing operating systems, including Android and Linux, and the GPL license.</p>