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    Microsoft announces deployment of ARM servers in its datacentres

    Microsoft is porting a version of Windows Server to the platform.
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    Re: Microsoft announces deployment of ARM servers in its datacentres

    Wow, first MS ports SQL Server to Linux and now part of its Server O/S to ARM

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    Re: Microsoft announces deployment of ARM servers in its datacentres

    Quote Originally Posted by CyberScooby View Post
    Wow, first MS ports SQL Server to Linux and now part of its Server O/S to ARM
    If you can't beat 'em..... enter their software environment and attempt to monetise something to create a revenue stream?

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    Re: Microsoft announces deployment of ARM servers in its datacentres

    Is Intel starting to fall behind sitting still on his throne?

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    Re: Microsoft announces deployment of ARM servers in its datacentres

    Quote Originally Posted by CyberScooby View Post
    Wow, first MS ports SQL Server to Linux and now part of its Server O/S to ARM
    Porting Windows to ARM is a lot less surprising to me than SQL Server for Linux. Windows may be synonymous with Intel powered PCs but that is more an accidental symbiosis than intentional, Microsoft would have launched Windows on whatever was the dominant architecture if it hadn't been x86/IA-32; Windows NT was at one time compatible with MIPS, DEC Alpha, PowerPC and Itanium.

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    Re: Microsoft announces deployment of ARM servers in its datacentres

    Quote Originally Posted by kingpotnoodle View Post
    Porting Windows to ARM is a lot less surprising to me than SQL Server for Linux. Windows may be synonymous with Intel powered PCs but that is more an accidental symbiosis than intentional, Microsoft would have launched Windows on whatever was the dominant architecture if it hadn't been x86/IA-32; Windows NT was at one time compatible with MIPS, DEC Alpha, PowerPC and Itanium.
    To be honest, I thought it was surprising it took this long to port Windows Server. We have been talking about high-density ARM servers for quite a while now.....the writing has been on the wall for a number of years.

    SQL Server on Linux isn't such a surprise when you consider their competitors support a LOT of platforms.
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