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A shortcut (perhaps the wrong word here) would be to migrate the Xbox to Xbox libraries on top of a Linux core. This would minimize the hardware for them to st
by MR4D 8y ago
A shortcut (perhaps the wrong word here) would be to migrate the Xbox to Xbox libraries on top of a Linux core. This would minimize the hardware for them to start with.
After a couple years, they could make Windows server run on a Linux core, and then another couple years have Windows run on Linux.
The whole progression could be pretty smooth, covering several years and taking a milestone-driven approach.
With the surface, im sure hey could use that to their advantage and have kore control over hardware.
Perhaps the best impetus to do this would be if they ever really wanted to migrate to ARM and reduce their reliance on the intel platform.
The hardware piece is important, but definitely controllable. Just like you mentioned NT, but this time with a smaller set of vendors to work with.
- riffraff 8y agoWhat would they gain from this?
- MR4D 8y agoHarmonization with the rest of the computing world (everything else is effectively a Unix variant) as well as lower dev costs (kernel dev cost would now be shared with everyone else). Nadella is a smart guy and has moved MSFT in the right direction. If his truly makes sense, then he’ll probably do it.