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On Mon, 19 May 2025 08:13:31 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:

> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>On Sun, 18 May 2025 10:02:22 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
>>
>>> Servers? The market is led by Unixoid systems. The vast majority of
>>> existing cloud systems runs GNU/Linux.
>>
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Linux
>>
>>If you look at AWS Linux becomes very attractive. A Windows Server
>>instance is much more expensive than any of the Linux flavors.
> 
> Thanks for proving my point.
> 
>>Call it what you will but for some strange reason Windows Server is
>>cheaper on Azure.
> 
> Might be because Azure's owner doesn't have to pay for Windows licenses?
> 
> Greetings Marc

The full name is Microsoft Azure so that is a distinct possibility.

https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/microsoft-partners-responding-to-
competitors-complaints-of-new-license-transfer-policy-say-all-s-fair-in-
cloud-wars

Technically, they offer discounts on their software in the Azure cloud. 
The Amazon and Google clouds pay the full price.