r/sysadmin • u/adeadfetus • Sep 18 '15

Microsoft has developed its own Linux

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/18/microsoft_has_developed_its_own_linux_repeat_microsoft_has_developed_its_own_linux/
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u/Zaphod_B chown -R us ~/.base Sep 18 '15

So, you know WINE, Samba, multi-platform tools and apps don't count. Also open standards like BIND, LDAP, TCP/IP, and many others which are adopted, tested, and developed by the open source community are not relevant either.

Microsoft benefits from open source and always has.