[ThunderSleeps]

To me what is interesting is not that they are using Linux - lots and lots of companies are. What is interesting is that Microsoft did not choose to build upon some part or parts of Windows.

Is this an admission that Windows is unsuitable for this kind of work/market? An admission that Windows internal design and architecture does not lend itself to the design approach taken here? If so, what does that say about Windows long-term in an ever expanding market? That is, desktops, laptops, tablets, phones, watches, Internet-of-things? Makes it seem like Windows is this monolithic, unwieldy beast trapped in an ever more limited cage...

[ShadowAce]

Excellent point. I think that is what is being said, though not quite as straightforward as you have. :)

Windows started life as, and continues to be, a desktop OS. The fact that is has been shoehorned into a server role speaks more to the creativity of MS than to the quality of the software.