On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 21:07:24 +0200, Didier wrote in message <b39e290c-23f9-8653-7693-7a63f42ed...@in2p3.fr>:
> 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. ..is there any surviving anti-systemd Red Hat derivative around? ..my guess is Microsoft will try buy Debian to destroy us, we still use well over 95% Debian .debs in devuan. -- ..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. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
