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I think the new Microsoft is becoming really cool. Now there is one step more to do. Windows, I would like to see something like the project Spartan, a Windows
by DAddYE 12y ago
I think the new Microsoft is becoming really cool. Now there is one step more to do.
Windows, I would like to see something like the project Spartan, a Windows based on unix.
I'm a dreamer I know but at this point I will not be surprised.
- Grazester 12y agoWhy not just make a POSIX complaint Windows in the future?
- tjakab 12y agoIronically, Windows NT was certified as POSIX compliant because at the time it was a requirement for systems used by the US government: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem
- lmm 12y agoNot only that, there was a buzzing community around it. I'm never quite sure whether geNToo was a joke, but if it was then I wanted to do it for real. But then MS killed the whole API.
- ktran03 12y agoI think that's their goal, is to be accepted again. Their late rash of investments seem to insinuate that. Back in the 90's, it was cool to be a Microsoft fan. Not so much over the last decade. They're trying hard to change that.
- tmzt 12y agoSupporting BSD rump kernels compiled against the NT api could be a good alternative.