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Why Microsoft loves Linux
Summary: Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer may have hated Linux, but
newMicrosoft CE Satya !adella says Microsoft loves Linux" What
chan#edMicrosoft$s mind%
Some thin#s don$t #o to#ether: Cats and do#s, !ew &or'
&an'ee andBoston (ed Sox fans, Linux and Windows""" or do they%
)n San *rancisco,Microsoft CE Satya !adella said, and ) +uote,
Microsoft loves Linux"
Wow"
-hat$s a hec' of a lon# way from Steve Ballmer .roclaimin# bac'
in /001that Linux is a cancer" )n the years since then Microsoft
certainlyattac'ed Linux li'e it was a cancer 2 doin# everythin#
from s.onsorin#SC$s co.yri#ht attac' on Linux to claimin# that
Linux violated unnamedMicrosoft .atents to endless *34
assaults"
So, how did we #et from Linux as Microsoft enemy number one
tolove%
!adella actually told us the heart of the story, which ) can
boil down tothat classic detective a..roach: *ollow the money"
!adella told Wired that he$s not interested in fi#htin# old
battles 2
es.ecially, when, li'e it or not, Linux has become a vital .art
of today$sbusiness technolo#y" )f you don5t 6um. on the new,7 he
said, you don5tsurvive"
-here$s nothin# new about Linux, which at // is old enou#h to
drin'" Buttwo thin#s are new: *irst, Microsoft$s fortunes now lie
not with the
8or +ue a Microsoft ama Linux
(esumo: Bill Gates e Steve Ballmer .ode ter odiado Linux, mas o
novoCE da Microsoft, Satya !adella di9 Microsoft ama Linux" +ue
mudoua mente de Microsoft%
l#umas coisas n;o andam 6untos: c;es e #atos, f;s do !ew
&or' &an'eese Boston (ed Sox, Linux e Windows """ ou n;o
ncer" 4esde ent;o, a Microsoft atacou o Linuxcomo se realmente
fosse um c>ncer"
Ent;o, como o inimi#o n?mero um da Microsoft, o Linux, .ode se
tornaresse amor%
!adella nos revelou o motivo dessa mudan=a hist@rica, resumindo:
Si#ao dinheiro"
!adella disse +ue ele n;o estA interessado em lutar as batalhas
velhas
es.ecialmente +uando o Linux tornouse uma .arte vital da
tecnolo#ia dene#@cios de ho6e" Se voc n;o se ada.tar ao novo, disse
ele, voc n;osobrevive"
!;o hA nada de novo sobre o Linux, +ue aos // anos at< tem
idadesuficiente .ara beber" Mas duas coisas s;o novidade: Em
.rimeiro lu#ar, a
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des'to. or des'to. .ro#rams, but with its 9ure cloud and
cloudbased.ro#rams such as ffice DF" Second, Linux, even on the
9ure cloud, isused by businesses lar#e and small"
)ndeed, !adella admitted that /0 .ercent of the o.eratin#
systems on
9ure are Linux" -he o.ensource o.eratin# system is
alreadycontributin# a lot to Microsoft$s bottom line" -oday, 9ure 2
while itdoesn$t su..ort the to. business Linux, (ed at Enter.rise
Linux H(ELI2 already su..orts CoreS Linux, CentS, racle Linux,
S3SE, and3buntu on 9ure"
t the same time, Microsoft is acutely aware that 9ure is the
only .urely.ro.rietary cloud out here" ll its com.etition 2 ma9on
Web Services,Goo#le Com.ute, .enStac', etc", etc" 2 all run on
Linux and offerLinux server services" ad Microsoft insisted on the
Windows way or thehi#hway, they wouldn$t stand a chance"
)t$s not 6ust Linux that Microsoft loves" fter decades of
resistance,Microsoft su..orts a variety of o.ensource .ro#rams such
as the bi# dataadoo.J 4oc'er containersJ and *aceboo'$s .en Com.ute
datacenter.ro6ect" )ndeed, Microsoft is even o.ensourcin# more of
its owntechnolo#ies such as .arts of "!et"
Microsoft, of course, also ma'es money directly from Linux" )ts
ndroid
.atents, +uestionable as they may be, still .rovide a billion
dollars more in.rofits than does Windows 8hone"
)f you watched closely, you could see Microsoft startin# to
chan#e its antiLinux tune years a#o"
s far bac' as /00K, Sam (am6i, then Microsoft$s director of
.latform
receita da Microsoft a#ora n;o esta mais nos .ro#ramas des'to.,
mas coma sua nuvem 9ure e .ro#ramas baseados em nuvem, como o ffice
DF"Em se#undo lu#ar, Linux, mesmo no 9ure nuvem, < usado .or
#randes e.e+uenas em.resas"
!a verdade, !adella admitiu +ue /0 .or cento dos sistemas
o.eracionais
em 9ure s;o Linux" sistema o.eracional de c@di#o aberto 6A
estAcontribuindo muito .ara a linha base da Microsoft" o6e, mesmo o
9ureainda n;o su.ortando o (ed at Enter.rise Linux H(ELI ele 6A
su.ortaCoreS Linux, CentS, racle Linux, S3SE e 3buntu"
8(E) 3)o mesmo tem.o, a Microsoft < consciente de +ue a nuvem
9ure < [email protected] .ro.rietAria a+ui fora" -odos os seus
concorrentes ma9onWeb Services, Goo#le Com.ute, .enStac', etc",
etc" tudo executadoem Linux e oferecer servi=os de servidores
Linux" Microsoft tinhainsistido na forma como o Windows ou a
estrada, n;o teria a menorchance"
!;o < s@ o Linux +ue a Microsoft ama" 4e.ois de d
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technolo#y strate#y and the com.any$s .en Source Software Lab,
said-he Microsoft o.ensource strate#y is focused on hel.in#
customers and.artners be successful in today$s hetero#eneous
technolo#y world"
&ou mi#ht have thou#ht that was Microsoft 6ust blowin#
smo'e" -hen,
Microsoft started showin# it wasn$t 6ust tal'in# the tal', it
was alsowal'in# the wal' when it came to o.ensource
develo.ment"
By /011, Microsoft had become the fifth lar#est code contributor
to theLinux 'ernel" What were they doin#% Ma'in# sure Linux could
wor' withMicrosoft$s y.erO virtuali9ation" y.erO lies at the heart
of 9ure"
&ou see, it$s not so much Linux and o.en source .er se that
Microsoft hasa crush on" )t$s that, in /01P, the world is leavin#
the olddes'to.Qa..lication com.utin# .aradi#m for a deviceQcloud
servicesa..roach" Microsoft ruled the formerJ however, to continue
to be acontender in the later, it$s reali9ed that it needs to wor'
and .lay well withothers" &es, even Linux"
tecnol@#ica da .lataforma e .en Source Software Lab da em.resa,
disse: estrat
