Microsoft is taking its biggest step beyond the Windows operating system since chief executive Satya Nadella started a rethink of its core software strategy two years ago.
The company announced on Monday that it would put one of its main products on Linux for the first time, selling a version of its database software to run on the open source operating system.
Until now it has only sold the product, called SQL Server, to run on Windows, reflecting the tight integration Microsoft has traditionally used to protect revenues from its own operating system.
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