Comments on: Microsoft Linux 2012(Winux) http://blog.compaholics.com/2008/04/14/microsoft-linux-2012winux/ Tech News For The Masses Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:51:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ajay Pathak http://blog.compaholics.com/2008/04/14/microsoft-linux-2012winux/#comment-43 Ajay Pathak Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:01:59 +0000 http://blog.compaholics.com/?p=72#comment-43 please read my latest post about the operating system. please read my latest post about the operating system.

]]> By: Compaholic http://blog.compaholics.com/2008/04/14/microsoft-linux-2012winux/#comment-39 Compaholic Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:14:15 +0000 http://blog.compaholics.com/?p=72#comment-39 I'm not sure if Microsoft would reach the bankrupt stage before reacting, but I think all this backlash with Windows Vista has definitely given them a wake up call. Mainly because they don't want to lose anymore market share. At this point in the game, it's inevitable. Vista has driven away many IT, businesses, and consumers alike. Is it a substancial enough amount of market share to port over on a linux based kernel? At this point in time definitely not but if Windows 7 suffers the same fate as Vista then it could become a possibility. Hence why I titled the article 2 years after Windows 7 "supposed" release. I just think that a Linux based Microsoft would make the world a happier place. Less overhead for software developers and hardware manufacturers. It'd be nice if the whole world could operate on similar systems. But I'm probably just pipe dreaming. I’m not sure if Microsoft would reach the bankrupt stage before reacting, but I think all this backlash with Windows Vista has definitely given them a wake up call. Mainly because they don’t want to lose anymore market share. At this point in the game, it’s inevitable. Vista has driven away many IT, businesses, and consumers alike. Is it a substancial enough amount of market share to port over on a linux based kernel? At this point in time definitely not but if Windows 7 suffers the same fate as Vista then it could become a possibility. Hence why I titled the article 2 years after Windows 7 “supposed” release.

I just think that a Linux based Microsoft would make the world a happier place. Less overhead for software developers and hardware manufacturers. It’d be nice if the whole world could operate on similar systems. But I’m probably just pipe dreaming.

]]> By: Chip http://blog.compaholics.com/2008/04/14/microsoft-linux-2012winux/#comment-38 Chip Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:24:57 +0000 http://blog.compaholics.com/?p=72#comment-38 I would love to see Microsoft adopt some kind of Linux kernel and put a killer GUI on top of it. However, considering they can't even put a satisfactory GUI on top of their own OS makes me question their ability to do either. And that's just talking about the technical problems, not the philosophical ones. Even if they did this, all their work would be closed source. There's an entire society of people in Redmond that HATE Linux/Open Source and would never let it touch or interoperate with their precious Windows. Steve Ballmer, specifically, would resign before Linux was ever officially adopted. Actually I would go as far to say that Microsoft would have to go bankrupt, then reinvent itself as a "new" Microsoft, before it ever touched Linux. IBM did this, so did Novell. There are plenty of precedents. Instead, what I think is much more likely, is a complete redesign of Windows. A non-backwards compatible, ground-up, complete code-rewrite of Windows, and then give it away for free. Make money through apps and support - renewable fees that users want to pay, not feel like they are forces into. A captive market is only captive until a better alternative comes along. I would love to see Microsoft adopt some kind of Linux kernel and put a killer GUI on top of it. However, considering they can’t even put a satisfactory GUI on top of their own OS makes me question their ability to do either. And that’s just talking about the technical problems, not the philosophical ones. Even if they did this, all their work would be closed source.

There’s an entire society of people in Redmond that HATE Linux/Open Source and would never let it touch or interoperate with their precious Windows. Steve Ballmer, specifically, would resign before Linux was ever officially adopted. Actually I would go as far to say that Microsoft would have to go bankrupt, then reinvent itself as a “new” Microsoft, before it ever touched Linux. IBM did this, so did Novell. There are plenty of precedents.

Instead, what I think is much more likely, is a complete redesign of Windows. A non-backwards compatible, ground-up, complete code-rewrite of Windows, and then give it away for free. Make money through apps and support - renewable fees that users want to pay, not feel like they are forces into. A captive market is only captive until a better alternative comes along.

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