Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=Tr0ITHBssN8 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Rise of Microsoft — Part 18: The Fortress Becomes a Platform [Oz8lCUdzWSz] Health Updated on August 11, 2026 EDT — Published on August 11, 2026 EDT Microsoft once called Linux "a cancer." Then it bought the world's code, the world's network, and learned to love open source. Read Part 18 of our 20-part series: The full series: More from Syncster: — Image credits (Wikimedia Commons) — Steve Ballmer (the "cancer" era) — Jesús Gorriti, CC BY-SA 2.0 Satya Nadella (Microsoft loves Linux) — Briansmale, CC BY-SA 4.0 Tux, the Linux penguin — OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay. Based on Tux design by Larry Ewing (lewing@isc, CC0 Visual Studio Code — Visual Studio Code: Microsoft Sample code: Microsoft Screenshot: jackpotis777 (t, MIT LinkedIn acquisition — CC BY-SA 4.0 GitHub acquisition — SecurityLab.ru, Public domain Microsoft Teams — Sosalmediahelp, CC BY-SA 4.0 Slack, the rival Teams buried — Scott Webb scottwebb, CC0 #Microsoft #TechHistory #BillGates #Windows #Shorts d4Myp3mxiN6 2QCTVOUGHvg 5nzHkUY0y85 8yVKHjoJjgb 2Ou6egTaAkC XGWh8cRxSDh
Microsoft once called Linux "a cancer." Then it bought the world's code, the world's network, and learned to love open source. Read Part 18 of our 20-part series: The full series: More from Syncster: — Image credits (Wikimedia Commons) — Steve Ballmer (the "cancer" era) — Jesús Gorriti, CC BY-SA 2.0 Satya Nadella (Microsoft loves Linux) — Briansmale, CC BY-SA 4.0 Tux, the Linux penguin — OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay. Based on Tux design by Larry Ewing (lewing@isc, CC0 Visual Studio Code — Visual Studio Code: Microsoft Sample code: Microsoft Screenshot: jackpotis777 (t, MIT LinkedIn acquisition — CC BY-SA 4.0 GitHub acquisition — SecurityLab.ru, Public domain Microsoft Teams — Sosalmediahelp, CC BY-SA 4.0 Slack, the rival Teams buried — Scott Webb scottwebb, CC0 #Microsoft #TechHistory #BillGates #Windows #Shorts d4Myp3mxiN6 2QCTVOUGHvg 5nzHkUY0y85 8yVKHjoJjgb 2Ou6egTaAkC XGWh8cRxSDh