Re: """Standard""" software (was: Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon)

Charlie Gibbs <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.vintage,comp.os.linux.misc
Message-ID <GxU%[email protected]>
On 2026-06-27, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:03:12 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> On 2026-06-26, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:34:01 +1200, Your Name wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2026-06-25 05:55:22 +0000, Nuno Silva said:
>>>>
>>>>> And who declared Microsoft products "standard software"?
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> Most of the business world did years ago ...
>>>
>>> Is this the same “business world” that has largely moved its
>>> operations into the cloud these days? The cloud that is dominated
>>> by Linux?
>>
>> Shhhhh... don't say that too loudly.  Bill might not like it.
>
> Regardless of what BillG might think, Microsoft freely admit that
> these days. Even their own cloud service is predominantly Linux-based,
> and they see no shame in admitting it.

Not like the old days, when IIS wasn't ready for prime time and
they had to resort to Linux-based web servers.

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