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'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

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

It's a secret.

"William" wrote in message
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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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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

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

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.

I beg to differ.

Linux provides a sound basis for, say research universities and colleges
where no such commercial software exists for the research and projects
they have embarked upon.

Linux then becomes a universal tool of researchers with an additional
bonus that an open license permits them to tweak code as needed if needed.

Ummm .. what I forgot to say is that I don't think Linux hopes to be a
commercial desktop OS or a widely available desktop OS (yet?)

"deebs" wrote in message
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I beg to differ.
Linux then becomes a universal tool of researchers with an additional
bonus that an open license permits them to tweak code as needed if needed.

Only if everyone on the research team are using the same flavor of linux...