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Will Microsoft still be relevant to the big data world once everything comes into place (hopefully) later this year? "None of [the competing Hadoop distributions] run in Windows, but plenty of IT shops do and have hoarded data there that they will want to use," commented Adrian. "So Microsoft will absolutely be relevant and will have the inside track to the Windows community."