Microsoft has developed a Linux distro for network devices

[froggyboy604]

No, Windows 11 won’t be based on Ubuntu. We’re not talking about a desktop operating system. But Microsoft has revealed that its new Azure Cloud Switch software for networking devices is built on a Linux foundation.

The company describes Azure Cloud Switch (ACS) as a “cross-platform modular operating system for data center networking” that allows users to troubleshoot network hardware including switches by searching for bugs and fixing them quickly.

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This does sound like a good networking operating system. I wonder if MS just used another Linux operating system like Debian, CentOS, Fedora, and made changes to it, so it will work well on Microsoft's network.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Why would MS use a linux OS? They giving up on their own?

 

[froggyboy604]

Why would MS use a linux OS? They giving up on their own?

Linux is a very good Networking OS, and it probably take MS a longtime to make a good Networking OS which is as good as Linux.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

still kind of sad they are using a rival OS.