Microsoft's BUILD Conference: Linux, Windows 10, And A.I. Chatbots Take Center Stage

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) hasn't been shy about trying to win over Linux developers since Satya Nadella became CEO, and the company took its efforts to another level today at its BUILD developer conference: The popular Ubuntu Linux distribution will run on Windows 10, following this summer's Windows 10 Anniversary Update. As part of the effort, which involves a partnership with Ubuntu developer Canonical, the Bash shell and Linux command-line interface will be available on Windows 10. Microsoft exec Kevin Gallo: "This is not a [virtual machine]. This is not cross-compiled tools. Developers (rather than consumers) are being targeted here: Linux continues to steadily take enterprise server share, and Microsoft has previously said nearly ¼ of servers running on Azure use Linux.