Linux defeated Windows Server on the opponent's 'home ground'

More than 3 years ago, Mark Russinovich, Azure's CTO, Microsoft's cloud platform, and one of the world's largest cloud platforms once argued that Linux would quickly become a system. The most commonly used operating system is not only on Azure but also on other large cloud platforms. Later in 2017, Microsoft statistics revealed that 40% of Azure virtual machines (VMs) are currently running on Linux.

In the fall of 2018, Scott Guthrie, Microsoft's Deputy CEO of cloud and enterprise services, said in an interview that "about half of the virtual machines running on Azure are Linux". And now, July 2019, Sasha Levin, the developer of Microsoft Linux, revealed in an article asking Microsoft to be included in the Linux security list, saying "using Linux on their cloud I (Azure) have passed Windows ".

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Linux defeated Windows Server on the opponent's 'home ground' Picture 1 Mark Russinovich, Azure's Chief Technology Officer

So Linux's defeat of Windows Server on its own "home ground", and even on other "battlefields", is something that has been predicted for a long time.

The market share of Linux now comes mainly from enterprise-class computer systems, both on the internal server as well as on the cloud, always maintained and growing at a stable level. Meanwhile, Windows Server's market share has shown signs of decline in the past few years.

In the report on the share of global operating systems and subsystems (Worldwide Operating Systems and Subsystems Market Shares), it was implemented by IDC in 2017, when Linux accounted for 68% of the market. And from then on, this number has increased steadily.

Therefore, the dominance of Linux even on Azure is already predicted and it is only a matter of time.

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Linux defeated Windows Server on the opponent's 'home ground' Picture 2 Microsoft is changing its attitude towards Linux

Microsoft Azure customers are moving to Linux. The Redmond giant naturally understood this and also had 'awake' solutions. Guthrie explains: "Original Azure services often run on Linux. Microsoft is currently trying to build more such services. For example, Azure's Software Defined Network service (SDN) is based on Linux."

That's why people, including Microsoft, are inclined to move more into Linux and open source software. "This phenomenon began more than 10 years before Microsoft launched ASP.NET open source software. We realized that new open source is really what every developer likes because they can benefit from it. "Open source software is not always good, but it is necessary. Not just the code, it's the community," Scott Guthrie said. And in fact, Microsoft is the largest open source project support enterprise in the world.

Even former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who is famous for saying "Linux is a cancer", has now changed 180 degrees and said he love Linux.

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Linux defeated Windows Server on the opponent's 'home ground' Picture 3 Linux dominates Azure

Currently there are at least 8 Linux distributions available on Azure, not to mention Microsoft's own Azure Sphere - which is also based on the Linux kernel. Linux is booming and will soon be available in every corner of the world, and perhaps even at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington.