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I did not know that.
Took them two decades but better late than never!
lol yes, but close. Since server 2008/2008R2 there is the "core"-option. Since 2016 even a nano-core, with just basic container-options and one cannot even login locally. Plus a ton of corpo-stuff that is already there, and "easily" to setup (the gui seems so simple, but it's still just a do-it-quick-stuff in the front, most of the actual work is scripted/console anyway). I must admit I do have all MS-titles and -certificates and it often is as trivial as it seems. But still more trivial than doing the exact same thing in linux.
Despite not ever have cared for MS-licenses (except for back then, when i still ran the buisiness), i still choose linux most of the time as it's still much less overhead for simple tasks than even the lightest of core-installations.