Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on Microsoft Gaining Greater Control Over Linux
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Microsoft asks to join private Linux security developer list
All of which makes good sense. Besides, Levin revealed in a follow-up note to the discussion that: "the Linux usage on our cloud has surpassed Windows, as a by-product of that MSRC has started receiving security reports of issues with Linux code both from users and vendors. It's also the case that issues that are common for Windows and Linux (like those speculative hardware bugs)."
Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Linux stable branch kernel maintainer, vouched for Levin. "He is a long-time kernel developer and has been helping with the stable kernel releases for a few years now, with full write permissions to the stable kernel trees."
Indeed, Kroah-Hartman had "suggested that Microsoft join linux-distros a year or so ago when it became evident that they were becoming a Linux distro, and it is good to see that they are now doing so".
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Microsoft developer reveals Linux is now more used on Azure than Windows Server
It's now a Linux world -- even at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
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Linux usage share surpasses usage share of Windows Server on Azure
Microsoft Says Linux Surpassed Windows on Azure
Microsoft Says Linux Surpassed Windows on Azure [Ed: Microsoft boosters such as Bogdan Popa keep pushing that "Microsoft loves Linux" lie because they know that this lie is actually useful to Microsoft and contributes to brand dilution]
"[Microsoft] Azure is better for it" (caging Linux)
Linux is now beating Windows on Microsoft’s own turf, and Azure is better for it
"Microsoft Isn’t Worried'
Linux Becomes The Most Used Operating System On Azure Cloud-Based Enterprise Solutions, But Microsoft Isn’t Worried [Ed: Microsoft is taking over Linux, its biggest competition (according to its boss, Bill Gates), so why would it be worried? This is exactly the plan that goes with the "Microsoft loves Linux" PR (lie) campaign.]
Stealing the narrative
Usage of Linux on Azure surpasses Windows Server [Ed: Keep pasting in those "Microsoft loves Linux" lies while Bill Gates is on a "Jihad"]
Microsoft loves taking over Linux
Microsoft Wants to Join Closed Linux List for Bug Reporting [Ed: Notice how Microsoft propaganda sites and boosters like Microsoft Peter keep repeating (the most) this "Microsoft loves Linux" lie because they know this lie helps Microsoft's agenda, which is not good at all for GNU/Linux]
ZDNet again
Microsoft once called Linux 'a cancer,' and that was a big mistake [Ed: This war did not end. It just changed (the strategy against GNU/Linux changed, e.g. patent extortion and entryism)]
Pushing the lie that Microsoft now "loves Linux"
Linux overtakes Windows Server as most used operating system on Azure [Ed: All the Microsoft sites keep pushing the lie that Microsoft now "loves Linux"; it would love to dominate it, no doubt, but this isn't love.]
Azure DevOps report
Azure DevOps report: How a bug caused ‘sqlite3 for Python’ to go missing from Linux images [Ed: Microsoft keeps breaking GNU/Linux. Here's an older example]
Repeating the ridiculous lie which is “Microsoft loves Linux…”
Linux Taking Over Everything! Surpasses Windows Usage on Azure
CBS Again
How Linux took over everything, including Microsoft Azure [Ed: CBS promotes lots of Microsoft marketing lies]
Swapnil's Piece
Confirmed: Microsoft Will Join The Private Linux Kernel Mailing List [Ed: Swapnil became a Microsoft propagandist. A few paragraphs down he repeats marketing points of the company.]
Microsoft admitted to private Linux developer security list
Microsoft admitted to private Linux developer security list [Ed: Little by little, Microsoft seizes greater control over its competition]
Linux Based Operating Systems Beat Their Windows Counterparts
Linux Based Operating Systems Beat Their Windows Counterparts On Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Platform