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Microsoft Linux???
What would happen to the Linux world if Microsoft were to write its own version of Linux that could live perfectly in a Windows world and run Windows Office applications?
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Microsoft Linux???
I'm not sure that MS would devote a team to that. But that would be a scary
thought. Secertly, MS hates Linux, or anything open-source for matter, with a passion. Remember when MS went on a rampage, saying "Linux is unreliable and a poor choice"? LOL "William" wrote: What would happen to the Linux world if Microsoft were to write its own version of Linux that could live perfectly in a Windows world and run Windows Office applications? William |
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Microsoft Linux???
It's a secret.
"William" wrote in message ... What would happen to the Linux world if Microsoft were to write its own version of Linux that could live perfectly in a Windows world and run Windows Office applications? William -- http://www.war59312.com/ |
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Microsoft Linux???
Except, of course, if they wrote their own distribution and desktop, perhaps porting the Windows desktop to a Linux distribution.
William "M@dhat3rr" wrote in message ... I'm not sure that MS would devote a team to that. But that would be a scary thought. Secertly, MS hates Linux, or anything open-source for matter, with a passion. Remember when MS went on a rampage, saying "Linux is unreliable and a poor choice"? LOL "William" wrote: What would happen to the Linux world if Microsoft were to write its own version of Linux that could live perfectly in a Windows world and run Windows Office applications? William |
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Microsoft Linux???
What would happen to the Linux world if Microsoft were to write its own
version of Linux that could live perfectly in a Windows world and run Windows Office applications? William I am guessing that Kevin kid would be really ****ed becuase I'm sure M/S would send him a copy - IMO, FWIW, EIEIO, FYI, TTYL |
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Microsoft Linux???
Depending if Microsoft released a Server Edition; then Suse, Redhat, etc.
would feel it. That is assuming that Microsoft handled the code correctly for the kernal and shell.... they have alittle trouble doing that now. Linux will always survive, Linux users wouldn't flock to a Windows running Linux code. "Chat" wrote: What would happen to the Linux world if Microsoft were to write its own version of Linux that could live perfectly in a Windows world and run Windows Office applications? William I am guessing that Kevin kid would be really ****ed becuase I'm sure M/S would send him a copy - IMO, FWIW, EIEIO, FYI, TTYL |
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Microsoft Linux???
Microsoft already has invested on this.. but its not known to the public...
every big company has to investigate its options and alternative technologies... I am surprised to see that you see this as strange. "William" wrote in message ... What would happen to the Linux world if Microsoft were to write its own version of Linux that could live perfectly in a Windows world and run Windows Office applications? William |
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Microsoft Linux???
M@dhat3rr wrote:
Depending if Microsoft released a Server Edition; then Suse, Redhat, etc. would feel it. That is assuming that Microsoft handled the code correctly for the kernal and shell.... they have alittle trouble doing that now. Linux will always survive, Linux users wouldn't flock to a Windows running Linux code. And that's IMHO the point. Most Linux users don't run Linux because it's that much better than Windows - in fact for desktop use it isn't. I know, I tried that many times. They run it because they like the fact that it's open source, and kind of a real unix, and _not_ made by Microsoft. |
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Microsoft Linux???
Linux would finally have a GUI worth using? Even better, Linux would get
real working drag 'n drop and decent cut 'n paste? But what's the point now? The best choice out there in the upcoming months is Server 2003 / Windows Vista. Microsoft has gotten the NT kernel as solid as any other. XP rarely crashes save for hardware problems, while Server - on the right hardware - gets near miraclulous uptime, so what would be the point? With Monad [Windows Power Shell] all the command line functionality of UNIX [and much more] is at the fingertips of the Windows user. Every copy of Server and Vista will have the ..NET framework [adding massivular high performance programmatic functionality with managed code]. UNIX /Linux is sort of tired in comparison, basically fit for the bit bucket along with Windows 95 and Netscape Navigator 2.0 and worn out copies of old Java code. "William" wrote in message ... What would happen to the Linux world if Microsoft were to write its own version of Linux that could live perfectly in a Windows world and run Windows Office applications? William |
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Microsoft Linux???
Linux is a great OS. Just no real mainstream client support. I don't trust
emulators (Wine), plus my thinking is 'It's always best to run native'. "Little Brother" wrote: Linux would finally have a GUI worth using? Even better, Linux would get real working drag 'n drop and decent cut 'n paste? But what's the point now? The best choice out there in the upcoming months is Server 2003 / Windows Vista. Microsoft has gotten the NT kernel as solid as any other. XP rarely crashes save for hardware problems, while Server - on the right hardware - gets near miraclulous uptime, so what would be the point? With Monad [Windows Power Shell] all the command line functionality of UNIX [and much more] is at the fingertips of the Windows user. Every copy of Server and Vista will have the ..NET framework [adding massivular high performance programmatic functionality with managed code]. UNIX /Linux is sort of tired in comparison, basically fit for the bit bucket along with Windows 95 and Netscape Navigator 2.0 and worn out copies of old Java code. "William" wrote in message ... What would happen to the Linux world if Microsoft were to write its own version of Linux that could live perfectly in a Windows world and run Windows Office applications? William |
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