[Year 12 SofDev] Microsoft: We're Trying To Stay Relevant in the Cloud

[Mark]

"TODAY, BIG SILICON Valley names like Google and Twitter run their online
services across thousands of machines. And to efficiently execute their
software with so much hardware in the mix, they use the open source Linux
operating system and a technology called “containers.” What they don’t use
is Windows.

Microsoft’s flagship operating system operates quite differently from
Linux—which could be a problem as containers become the preferred way of
computing in the cloud. But now, as so many others follow the lead of
giants like Google and Twitter, Microsoft is reshaping Windows so that it
doesn’t get left behind.

In the fall, Microsoft announced that it would add Linux-like container
technology to a future version of Windows. Today, the company revealed that
it’s also developing a *super-slim version of Windows* that will run what
it describes as a new kind of container—one that provides an added level of
security. The OS is called *Windows Server Nano*...."

Read more...
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/super-slim-windows-microsoft-eyes-future-cloud-computing/

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