Microsoft embraces Linux -- way too late

In case you missed it, Microsoft made a bunch of Linux-related announcements recently. First, we found out Microsoft was offering SQL Server running on Linux. Then at Build last week, Microsoft introduced “native Ubuntu Linux binaries running on Windows” and treated us to a demo of Bash on Windows 10. 
The fact that Microsoft now supports SQL Server on Linux isn’t really a technical development -- it’s a business move. Fortunately for Microsoft, the Ballmer blinders