Microsoft to start certifying Linux

[suicidalfranco]

 

In an unexpected move, MS as deiced to, beggining today, release a Linux Certification     

Yes, you heard it right: MS. Linux. Certification.

This certificate will be available for all those who'll want to use Linux on the Azure platform. This certifacate is already available on MS's website and as been named MCSA Linux on Azure. and to obtain it you'll have to pass the eaxam 70-533 and the Certified System Administrator of the Linux Foundation

 

source: https://rcpmag.com/articles/2015/12/11/microsoft-linux-cert-program.aspx

[Nowak]

Remember when Steve Ballmer called Linux a "cancer"?

[EposVox]

Yeah this was announced a little while back, pretty stoked.

[Guest Kloaked]

Remember when Steve Ballmer called Linux a "cancer"?

 

Steve was special to begin with.

 

WARNING: Steve Ballmer

 

[Altecice]

Microsoft Azure must be able to run dozens of linux distros, Microsoft are pushing the new cloud service hard. So it would make sense for them to offer a cert.

[Agent181]

I wonder who caved in inside

[Master Disaster]

It's simple business.

Linux is king in the server world, if MS want azure to succeed then they really have no choice but to do this.

I'm still kinda hoping they port some of .net over to Linux and bring some native parity and compatibility, yeah I know that'll never happen but one can dream, after all they just updated Visual Studios compiler to support Linux code natively.

[Misanthrope]

This has been known for a while. It's part of Nadya's strategy, also why most got Windows 10 for free he basically wants to move all their business to cloud stuff not OS development.

 

Anyway dear MS: We do not see eye to eye but if you also bring Excel to Linux, we'll be cool for a long while.