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>This is not a server platform upon which you will host websites, run server infrastructure, etc

Yet they demo'd a website being hosted via the Linux sub-system -_- thanks microsoft!

No, they demonstrated developing and testing a Ruby application on Windows via the Linux sub-system, then deploying it to Azure (using ssh, mina and git).

Important distinction - they're building support for developing Linux-based web applications into Windows, not hosting websites.

well you've gotta be able to test your applications locally ;)

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