Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : 2twisty
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Apr 19 2022 06:36:00

-=> 2twisty wrote to Nightfox <=-

 Ni> I've heard Microsoft had a UNIX they called Xenix, in the 80s, but I
 Ni> thought Microsoft was fairly anti-*nix for a long time.  Recently
 Ni> Microsoft has seemed to become more accepting of Linux and has been
 Ni> providing tools for Linux (they have a Linux version of Visual Studio
 Ni> Code, for instance).

 2t> I think thats only because Microsoft is afraid of higher Linux
 2t> adoption.

Microsoft used to see Linux as a competitor when they were in the OS 
business, but now that cloud services are their moneymaker, they want 
Microsoft 365, Azure, and Visual Studio to run and support all desktop 
platforms.

Mo platforms = mo customers == mo money.


.... Look at the order in which you do things
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