[dayglored]

Hell has truly got frostbite -- Microsoft has released a Linux distribution...

...Azure Sphere takes a combined approach, using hardware, software, and the cloud to hopefully solve this problem.

First, Microsoft has come up with a design for a new, more powerful kind of microprocessor, which it will make available to actual chip manufacturers for free.

Second, Microsoft has developed Azure Stack OS, the Linux-based operating system that will run on those chips — Smith says that while Microsoft is a "Windows company," a full-fledged version of its flagship operating system was too big and too unwieldy for what it had in mind.

Third, the chip/OS combo will be integrated with an Azure Sphere cloud security service, which will keep the devices up to date with security patches for 10 years or longer.

Smith says that the first Azure Sphere-powered hardware will hit the market later in 2018, with details forthcoming.

[dayglored]

Microsoft Linux for the Internet of Things ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[Pearls Before Swine]

Hell has truly got frostbite -- Microsoft has released a Linux distribution...

Is it just technological progress, or was Ballmer holding the Big Softie back?

He seemed to hate Linux with a passion... protecting the franchise, I suppose.

[ptsal]

Does this version come with a BLUE screen?

[hsmomx3]

Not so sure I would trust this version?????

[BipolarBob]

I'm running a Linux clone. I don't understand this move. a full-fledged version of its flagship operating system was too big and too unwieldy for what it had in mind.
I gave up on Win 10. Navigation. Quirky freezes. I always suspected viruses. I'm really suspicious of this and see no reason to try their product at this time.

[Steve Van Doorn]

Microsoft usually buys out something that has proven it's worth.

have they changed their policy? Mint (ubuntu) and Manjaro (arch Linux) are by far the two largest number of users. Why don't they take over one of them?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
 

[McGruff]

...Microsoft has released a Linux distribution...

So will you be bashing that now?

[Secret Agent Man]

The first linux version to have a blue screen of death.

[Billthedrill]

This is it: world domination! I remember when Novell entered the market with SCO Unix. It made them the superpower in the industry they are today.

(Geek joke, sorry).

[bigbob]

So I guess MS figures there will be money in providing the cloud services that these embedded Linux devices will interface with. Their track record hasn’t been very good in similar markets but time will tell.

[Sparticus]

Based on the description, it sounds like a firewall distribution.

[rllngrk33]

Uh, No! I’m going to an Non-Microsoft OS when when Windows 7 no longer works.

[SpaceBar]

The original GPL should have included a clause excluding Microsoft Corporation from using, distributing, or profitting from gpl software in any form in perpetuity. They fought tooth-and-nail back in the day to crush Linux into the dirt.

[Still Thinking]

What could possibly go wrong?

[GraceG]

“Security”... HAH!!!

Anything Binary is Hackable/crackable.

Especially when you outsource the help to third world sh-tholes.

Then all it takes is for one set of keys to get lost into the wild and viola... not secure anymore.

Just the nature of “Digital”

[CurlyDave]

I am old enough to remember when Microsoft released a free version of Java that wrote code which only worked on Windows and not on Mac.

Damn near killed off the Mac.

Who wants to bet there is a hidden feature in this Unix that locks everyone into Windows?

[Seruzawa]

This means it will be Linux but with security holes in it.

[MarkL]

While this may be the first Microsoft distribution of Linux, an optional feature of Windows 10 Professional has been an Ubuntu Linux system that runs natively.

Mark

[Cronos]

Satya has really changed the culture in Microsoft for the better