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Nobody really knows for sure. But here is what I've read in other comments and it makes the most sense to me (sorry can't find the source!):

> Microsoft has lost in server space against Linux. Developers developing any server software switch to either Linux or OSX. They want to prevent this switch.

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The problem with windows sever, is that free is hard to beat.

Red Hat isn't free.

Ubuntu / Debian is. A lot of startups don't care about "official support" -- at least until they're big enough that price is not a factor anymore.

The problem with Ubuntu? Lack of games and applications... and a desktop that people have to learn to use vs tried and true Windows.

Ubuntu has games and applications? Come back when Call of Duty 87 or Office 2016 works on Linux...

This thread is about servers.

It's 2016, Steam is available on Linux. I even managed to run AoE2 HD on Wine.

> Call of Duty

All you need is CS:GO. And you can get it on Linux. ;)

You seem to be totally off topic here

CentOS sure is.

https://www.google.com/search?q=centos+market+share

https://www.google.es/search?q=red+hat+market+share

???

This one (from the same result set) may be useful too:

http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/os-linux/all/all

The one I linked is websites running on Linux. Besides we're splitting hairs, right?

It just comes down to the fact that most enterprises like having technical support.

That's but _one_ of the problems....

Plus Windows server is not even cheap...

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