Re: Nothing to do with Devs
Microsoft will be very unlikely to ditch the NT Kernel anytime soon, yes they have ported SQL to Linux but they don't make a huge amount of money from Windows on the desktop compared to all the other stuff like Data Centres and Azure.
SQL was likely a decision by the SQL team as they saw the number of Server website systems running Linux and wanted a piece of the action. I would imagine most installs of SQL on Linux are free versions however.
Windows already runs as a VM on Linux kernels in VMware and other hypervisors. running Windows code natively on Linux is a whole different ball game and not worth the effort, though MS has done some work in this space.
There are way too many corporate systems that are tied to Windows Server for it to disappear any time soon, warehouse control and medical system development happens at pace only slightly faster than a dead snail, with the desktop being the same as the server it is no skin off MS's nose to keep both going for another 20 years as long as someone is paying subscriptions and the OEMs keep bundling it on laptops.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
