On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 19:10:42 +0100, Mark wrote in message
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> 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.

..this might mean systemd would have had a good purpose,
buy bait to sink Microsoft??? 8o)

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..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.