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by todd3834 2559 days ago
I believe it has a lot to do with history. You can pick a stack that costs money or a stack that is free. .NET might be great but is it so much better than the free alternatives? It’s a hard sell.

As others have noted, it sounds like it might truly be free now, however Microsoft has always made me nervous with “embrace extend extinguish”[1].

Also I just love using Linux for my servers.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...