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18 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
We can answer that, 1992 Byte. LOL. Image
Unix is alive and doing well. iOS, Android, the cloud world is made of Linux, we have FreeBSD, OpenBSD and OpenSSH, and even mighty MS started to love Linux and opensource. The only dead thing is BYTE magazine. That is the problem with predicting the future.
All old MS dudes were refusing to believe in Linux and OpenSource. Then come Satya Nadella, who changed old dude ways, and in that process, they kept MS alive in the server market, including azure cloud. Otherwise, there is nothing special about Windows servers.
Office and Win10 desktop is a different matter. They do have a monopoly there, and it is not going away anytime soon. MS-office is their main cash cow.

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