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from the implementation-cost-an-ARM-*and*-a-leg? dept.
Windows Server on ARM was announced to much fanfare in March 2017, with servers powered by Qualcomm Centriq 2400 and Cavium ThunderX2 processors co-developed with Microsoft showcased at the OCP US Summit. At the time, Azure vice president Jason Zander told Bloomberg that "this is a significant commitment on behalf of Microsoft. We wouldn't even bring something to a conference if we didn't think this was a committed project and something that's part of our road map."
That road map has quite clearly hit a dead end—a lack of updates from Microsoft of the subject, and the absence of any partners involved with the project (or companies in the ARM-for-servers market generally) at this year's Microsoft Inspire conference strongly indicates the initiative is dead.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday July 19 2019, @03:21PM
Maybe there are, but nobody wants Windows on a server.
Have you even seen Windows Server 2016?
I used Windows Server 2008r2. Then Windows Server 2012, which was noticeably slower. Then Windows Server 2016 which is much more noticeably slower. And does almost constant updates. And those updates take much longer than before.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.