Microsoft has joined The Linux Foundation as a platinum member, it announced Wednesday at its Microsoft Connect conference in New York.
Maybe Microsoft has learned some lessons and is actually changing it's corporate culture? One of the greatest weaknesses of Windows 10 as a content delivery platform, which is what Microsoft is attempting to turn Windows into, is a lack of content. Embracing the open source content creation model could be seen to be brilliant, but in my opinion it is Microsoft's only chance to successfully compete with Google and Apple. We'll check back in five years and see whether this new strategy is successful.
I would not be surprised if at some point Microsoft embraces Linux with it's own distribution. Linux runs on a lot of hardware these days. Not a lot of it the desktop, but in some markets like education Linux has become a option with schools. It's an inexpensive way to upgrade older hardware with a new OS that doesn't require expensive licensing. I think Microsoft has begun to ask themselves, if Linux is possibly a option to replace Windows down the road. After all Microsoft already has said Windows 10 is it, which to some simply means a refresh every six months or so. But some like myself are now asking if it means in a few years maybe Windows will be no more.
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Microsoft Goes All In for Linux
Posted by: David Jones November 18, 2016 01:28 PMMicrosoft has joined The Linux Foundation as a platinum member, it announced Wednesday at its Microsoft Connect conference in New York.