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It's the first step. No one has successfully deployed a Linux desktop to the mass market and I've outlined how MS could. And I think they will. It's actually a
by mimixco 7y ago
It's the first step. No one has successfully deployed a Linux desktop to the mass market and I've outlined how MS could. And I think they will. It's actually a Very Good Thing for Linux because it cements its position as the underlying operating system -- something which is now required by enterprise IT.
As I said, this will result in more desktops running Linux, not fewer. I've never been a big MS fan but I have to say this is quite smart and will very likely be hugely successful.
- newnewpdro 7y agoThis is going to kill Linux's long-term ability to run directly on consumer hardware if it becomes the primary way people access a Linux userspace. Without users running Linux on current consumer hardware, its support to do so will atrophy. What MS is doing is the inverse of what's best for the users. We should be running the Libre kernel+drivers directly on the metal, if you need Windows run that in a VM.
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- copperx 7y ago> I've outlined how MS could. And I think they will. This is completely insane and not Microsofty at all, Satya or not.
- mimixco 7y agoWell, a few years ago I might have agreed with you, but even MS knows that Linux and open source have won the server. This is a company that open sourced .NET and sends people to Unity (not their product) for game development. The issue is, "What do (desktop) users want?" And the answer is obviously Windows. If they can have their Windows cake and IT can eat Linux, too, what's not to like?