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> It's really funny to me that Microsoft's attempt to finally stamp out desktop Linux once and for all

SecureBoot exists on servers too. And that's the domain of Linux, not Windows.

Microsoft should never have had so much influence in SecureBoot but there's no way they're getting rid of Linux on servers. Microsoft is mostly irrelevant there.

> The continued Linux desktop solely relies on antivirus vendors writing crappy insecure software. So we'll be fine forever.

That's also a weird take. It's antivirus vendors who are going to be fine forever: they rely on Microsoft to write crappy insecure software. And that is a given.



If you Google around, you'll find that about 1/3 of server operating systems broken down by revenue (not install count) is Windows Server. That's billions of dollars.


What portion of BigCo use RHEL or other paid solutions vs using a standard distro and thus not counting as “revenue” for anyone?




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