Is Microsoft Using Linux?
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Although the company is now thoroughly cross-platform, not every application will move to or take advantage of Linux. Instead, Microsoft adopts or supports Linux when the customers are there, or when it wants to take advantage of the ecosystem with open-source projects.

Is Linux used in Microsoft?

Microsoft developed Linux-based operating systems for use with its Azure cloud services. Azure Cloud Switch supports the Azure infrastructure and is based on open source and proprietary technology, and Azure Sphere powers Internet of things devices.

Does Bill Gates use Linux?

As a senior architect at IBM in the early 2000s, he built big business infrastructure using Linux and other open source software, and he was eventually tapped to oversee open source strategy for all of Big Blue.

Chloe Bennett

Chloe Bennett

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