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Author: Didier Kryn
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] [OT] Re: (forw) [GoLugTech] Microsoft buys GitHub
Le 04/06/2018 à 20:10, Mark Rousell a écrit :
> On 04/06/2018 18:18, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
>> On 05/06/18 02:46, Mark Rousell wrote:> Anyway, I look forward to
>> Microsoft Enterprise Linux in due course. ;-)
>> NO WAY! It's bad enough with RHEL and it's competitors; if I need that
>> brand of Linux, I would go CentOS... but it will be a very cold day in
>> hell before I opted for a Microsoft version.
>
> I chose the name 'Microsoft Enterprise Linux' deliberately. ;-)
>
> In another message in this thread I predicted that Microsoft would buy
> a major corporate Linux distribution some time soon. In my estimation,
> the likeliest candidates are either Red Hat or Micro Focus's SUSE
> business unit. Overall I think Red Hat would be the better choice,
> albeit probably the more expensive choice, but I suspect either of
> them would be a good fit for Microsoft's corporate business and
> strategic direction.


    I also bet for RHEL because
        1) it has much more derivatives than Suse and these will be
placed in front of a BIG dilemma - what a fun for MS!
        2) RHEL is already working to make this happen, by forcing
systemd everywhere.

            Didier