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OpenAI employees really, really did not want to go work for Microsoft (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] aniki@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Azure is powered by Linux, and since 2019 has hosted more Linux servers than MS.

https://www.wired.com/2015/09/microsoft-using-linux-run-cloud/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-developer-reveals-linux-is-now-more-used-on-azure-than-windows-server/

[–] almar_quigley@lemmy.world -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Right, having a handful of services built on Linux (which needs clarity on exactly what that means in the second article) and the fact that most enterprise workloads already are on Linux so they obviously have a higher percentage than windows isn’t some MS being a huge proponent of Linux.