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There were rumors of a Winux project at Microsoft that put the Windows GUI on top of Xenix. I don't think it was true. But the idea of moving the OS to a Unix O
by orionblastar 8y ago
There were rumors of a Winux project at Microsoft that put the Windows GUI on top of Xenix. I don't think it was true. But the idea of moving the OS to a Unix OS goes back to MacOSX. Microsoft could do worse than putting Windows on top of Linux.
- pknopf 8y ago> Microsoft could do worse than putting Windows on top of Linux. Start a new OS, along side Windows, based on Linux/Unix. Make it as stable as Windows for the every-day user, because let's be realistic, even Ubuntu can't manage it. Ship all new laptops/PCs with this new OS. Continue supporting Windows/Server for the enterprise. That would be so awesome.
- solomatov 8y agoOr better create a new OS with modern technologies, great new ideas and open source it. Linux is nice, but we need some architectural innovation here.
- gigatexal 8y agoThere was a research project years ago that wrote an OS in C#. It wanted to be super stable, modern and no cruft. I forget the codename but was hoping it would see light of day.
- TheWiseOne 8y agoI believe it was the MS Research project Singularity which grew into Midori.