{"id":1056,"date":"2025-05-11T00:26:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T00:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.political-zone.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/11\/former-microsoft-ceo-ballmer-does-about-face-on-linux-technology\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T22:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T22:36:50","slug":"former-microsoft-ceo-ballmer-does-about-face-on-linux-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/political-zone.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/11\/former-microsoft-ceo-ballmer-does-about-face-on-linux-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Microsoft CEO Ballmer does about-face on Linux technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-plhgzi ea45u6l15\" data-qa=\"GenericArticle-Author\">\n<div class=\"speech-skip-target er6t7fe31 css-1fl3ncg eybiz6w3\" data-qa=\"AuthorNames-AuthorNamesContainer\"><a class=\"e163ld431 css-uvyeg2 ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/author\/reuters\" target=\"_self\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\">Reuters<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-mbzp8v ea45u6l14\" data-qa=\"GenericArticle-PublishDateTime\">\n<div class=\"speech-skip-target er6t7fe25 css-1qbx4v2 efakuk42\" data-qa=\"Article20Date-Container\"><time class=\"css-0 efakuk41\" datetime=\"2016-03-11T08:45:15.000Z\" data-qa=\"Article20Date-PublishedDate\">Published: 4:45pm, 11 Mar 2016<\/time><time class=\"css-m6ip7c efakuk40\" datetime=\"2016-03-11T09:38:58.000Z\" data-qa=\"Article20Date-UpdatedDate\">Updated: 5:38pm, 11 Mar 2016<\/time><\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"Article20Date-Container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-lxma90 ea45u6l10\" data-qa=\"GenericArticle-Content\">\n<section class=\"er6t7fe38 css-19sk4h4 e1pqt1t0\" data-qa=\"ContentBody-ContentBodyContainer\">\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\"><span class=\"tie-dropcap \">A<\/span>ccording to Reuters, Fifteen years after calling the open-source operating system Linux a \u201ccancer,\u201d former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has softened his position.<br \/>\nSpeaking this week at a dinner hosted by Fortune magazine, Ballmer said the position was right for the time, but the threat from Linux was now \u201cin the rearview mirror.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe company made a ton of money by fighting that battle very well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"Component-Component\">Balmer took over the reins in 2000, before tech stocks started a 2-year fall, and he resigned in 2013.<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"Component-Component\">Microsoft went on to integrate Linux into its Windows operating systems via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Microsoft Azure, <span data-huuid=\"5147747246793418112\">which heavily supports Linux workloads. <\/span><span data-huuid=\"5147747246793417159\">WSL allows running Linux distributions, command-line tools, and GUI apps on Windows, while Azure offers various Linux distributions and services for cloud computing.<span class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"13882135-e4f8-4870-a20a-bae4c5047186\"><span class=\"UV3uM\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"WaaZC\">\n<div class=\"RJPOee EIJn2\">\n<div class=\"rPeykc pyPiTc\" data-hveid=\"CAwQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiWz6CxoJyNAxXWK_sDHThrLoEQo_EKegQIDBAB\"><span data-huuid=\"2743001497740658185\">Key aspects of Microsoft&#8217;s Linux integration: <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"WaaZC\">\n<div class=\"RJPOee EIJn2\">\n<ul data-hveid=\"CCcQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiWz6CxoJyNAxXWK_sDHThrLoEQm_YKegQIJxAB\">\n<li class=\"K3KsMc\">\n<div class=\"zMgcWd dSKvsb\" data-il=\"\">\n<div data-crb-p=\"\">\n<div class=\"xFTqob\">\n<div class=\"Gur8Ad\"><span data-huuid=\"2743001497740658940\"><strong>Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL):<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vM0jzc\"><span data-huuid=\"2743001497740660557\">WSL enables Windows users to run Linux distributions alongside their Windows operating system, providing a seamless experience for developers and users who need both Windows and Linux tools.<span class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"aaa1fadc-6776-4dd4-8432-f11016c76e29\"><span class=\"UV3uM\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"NPrrbc\" data-cid=\"aaa1fadc-6776-4dd4-8432-f11016c76e29\" data-uuids=\"2743001497740658940,2743001497740660557\">\n<div class=\"BMebGe btku5b fCrZyc LwdV0e FR7ZSc OJeuxf\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-hveid=\"CCMQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiWz6CxoJyNAxXWK_sDHThrLoEQ3fYKegQIIxAB\">\n<div class=\"niO4u\">\n<div class=\"kHtcsd\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-crb-p=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"K3KsMc\">\n<div class=\"zMgcWd dSKvsb\" data-il=\"\">\n<div data-crb-p=\"\">\n<div class=\"xFTqob\">\n<div class=\"Gur8Ad\"><span data-huuid=\"2743001497740659695\"><strong>Microsoft Azure and Linux:<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vM0jzc\"><span data-huuid=\"2743001497740657216\">Microsoft Azure is a popular cloud platform that supports a wide range of Linux distributions, including Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, and more. <\/span><span data-huuid=\"2743001497740658833\">Many of Microsoft&#8217;s own cloud services, like Azure OpenAI Service and Azure Kubernetes Service, are built on Linux.<span class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"8768b0ba-d063-4ee5-a8a2-a4be952a3ed4\"><span class=\"UV3uM\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"NPrrbc\" data-cid=\"8768b0ba-d063-4ee5-a8a2-a4be952a3ed4\" data-uuids=\"2743001497740659695,2743001497740657216,2743001497740658833\">\n<div class=\"BMebGe btku5b fCrZyc LwdV0e FR7ZSc OJeuxf\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-hveid=\"CCIQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiWz6CxoJyNAxXWK_sDHThrLoEQ3fYKegQIIhAB\">\n<div class=\"niO4u\">\n<div class=\"kHtcsd\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-crb-p=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"K3KsMc\">\n<div class=\"zMgcWd dSKvsb\" data-il=\"\">\n<div data-crb-p=\"\">\n<div class=\"xFTqob\">\n<div class=\"Gur8Ad\"><span data-huuid=\"2743001497740657971\"><strong>Open Source Contributions:<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vM0jzc\"><span data-huuid=\"2743001497740659588\">Microsoft actively contributes to open-source projects, including the Linux kernel, and is a platinum member of the Linux Foundation.<span class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"675db1f3-edde-465e-90dd-026fec19e255\"><span class=\"UV3uM\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"NPrrbc\" data-cid=\"675db1f3-edde-465e-90dd-026fec19e255\" data-uuids=\"2743001497740657971,2743001497740659588\">\n<div class=\"BMebGe btku5b fCrZyc LwdV0e FR7ZSc OJeuxf\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-hveid=\"CB4QAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiWz6CxoJyNAxXWK_sDHThrLoEQ3fYKegQIHhAB\">\n<div class=\"niO4u\">\n<div class=\"kHtcsd\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote-simple\"><p>Great things in business are never done by one person. They&#8217;re done by a team of people.<cite>Steve Jobs<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"tie-full-width-img\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.political-zone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Steve_Balmer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4373 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/place-hold.it\/1150x709\" alt=\"\" width=\"1150\" height=\"709\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"tie-padding  has-padding-left has-padding-right\" style=\"padding-left:5%; padding-right:5%; padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0;\">\n\n\t\t\t<p>\nThey never said winning was easy. Some people can\u2019t handle success, I can. You see the hedges, how I got it shaped life is amazing, life is beautiful, life is what you make it. Egg whites, turkey sausage, wheat toast, water. Of course they don\u2019t want us to eat our breakfast, so we are going to enjoy our breakfast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"alignleft quote-simple \"><p>Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment!<cite>Oprah Winfrey<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Give thanks to the most high. You do know, you do know that they don\u2019t want you to have lunch. I\u2019m keeping it real with you, so what you going do is have lunch. Another one.<\/p>\n<p>Egg whites, turkey sausage, wheat toast, water. Of course they don\u2019t want us to eat our breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>It took me twenty five years to get these plants, twenty five years of blood sweat and tears, and I\u2019m never giving up, I\u2019m just getting started. The other day the grass was brown, now it\u2019s green because I ain\u2019t give up. Never surrender.<\/p>\n<p>Major key, don\u2019t fall for the trap, stay focused. It\u2019s the ones closest to you that want to see you fail. Another one. It\u2019s important to use cocoa butter. It\u2019s the key to more success, why not live smooth? Why live rough? The key to success is to keep your head above the water, never give up. Watch your back, but more importantly when you get out the shower, dry your back, it\u2019s a cold world out there.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.political-zone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/win-ubuntu_collage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4374 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/place-hold.it\/1200x800\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go!<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A year from now you may wish you had started today.<\/li>\n<li>The question isn\u2019t who is going to let me; it\u2019s who is going to stop me.<\/li>\n<li>Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.<\/li>\n<li>I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.<\/li>\n<li>If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.<\/li>\n<li>Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019m up to something. They don\u2019t want us to win. Mogul talk. Look at the sunset, life is amazing, life is beautiful, life is what you make it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"tie-padding  has-padding-left has-padding-right\" style=\"padding-left:5%; padding-right:5%; padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0;\">\n\n\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h3>Action is the foundational key to all success<\/h3>\n<p>In life there will be road blocks but we will over come it. Another one. Learning is cool, but knowing is better, and I know the key to success. The key to more success is to get a massage once a week, very important, major key, cloth talk. I told you all this before, when you have a swimming pool, do not use chlorine, use salt water, the healing, salt water is the healing. I\u2019m up to something. Life is what you make it, so let\u2019s make it. The other day the grass was brown, now it\u2019s green because I ain\u2019t give up. Never surrender.<\/p>\n<p>You see that bamboo behind me though, you see that bamboo? Ain\u2019t nothin\u2019 like bamboo. Bless up. Another one. Give thanks to the most high. A major key, never panic. Don\u2019t panic, when it gets crazy and rough, don\u2019t panic, stay calm. The key to more success is to have a lot of pillows. Eliptical talk. They key is to have every key, the key to open every door. Always remember in the jungle there\u2019s a lot of they in there, after you overcome they, you will make it to paradise.<\/p>\n<p>ore success, why not live smooth? Why live rough? The key to success is to keep your head above the water, never give up. Watch your back, but more importantly when you get out the shower, dry your back, it\u2019s a cold world out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters Published: 4:45pm, 11 Mar 2016Updated: 5:38pm, 11 Mar 2016 According to Reuters, Fifteen years after calling the open-source operating system Linux a \u201ccancer,\u201d former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has softened his position. 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