I See Dead Code

I don’t know whether the author tries to be funny, or if he is just being himself (from the Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog):

Speaking of Linux and UNIX, some people may be (mis)interpreting our continued support and investment in these platforms as a broader change for Microsoft – so here’s some color. We’re making a pragmatic decision to continue to delight a core part of FAST’s customer base that has chosen the Linux/UNIX OS. […]

Net, our approach doesn’t imply any kind of broader change for our company in its strategy (so conspiracy theorists can stand down ) and you shouldn’t expect to see SharePoint running on UNIX. You can bet that we’ll innovate on Windows, too, and over time we hope customers will see .NET as a preferred platform choice.

Maybe I’m just a bit touchy when Microsoft people try to speak about Linux, but still. It’s laudable at least that they lower themselves to the continued support of ESP of RHEL, AIX, HP-UX and others, especially when there’s quite some support contracts with important customers still running, who would be only too delighted to find out that they might have to switch their whole setup to Windows servers the other day.

I’m not sure if they can continue to make buck from the non-Windows offerings of ESP – honestly, who wants to spend considerable money and time on a new ESP installation, while reading about .NET as the preferred platform at the same time?

The second paragraph is even more hilarious, especially the comment about SharePoint on UNIX. I’d give the little orange „:::fast” rubber ball on my desk to see that happen, or at least to meet the conspiracy theorists who are able to come up with such an idea.