How to kill Linux: A tutorial for Microsoft
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The death of Linux has been proclaimed many times, and that's something that will probably go on for quite some time.
Easy: they can release a version of it. Then all the Linux folk will stop using it.
And then VMS can arise to be the winner some always felt it should be. ;)
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Linux is probably the best thing ever to happen to Microsoft - by taking the potential to make money out of the operating system business it prevents anyone with a novel idea getting funding to pursue it while bringing all the engineering nous that Microsoft don't employ out into the open.
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I vote for VMS
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site. I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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IMO this article lags a little behind the present day. A few years earlier it might have made sense, but I don't think the Microsoft of today has still the intention to kill off Linux. I mean, Linux runs in Azure, applications like Office & Co. are available on Android (which is based on Linux). They started to make so many of their once Windows-only products cross-platform that it's beginning to get stupid to bring up the kill-off statement. Maybe they have no other choice than to give up their OS monopoly and transform back into a software company that serves all kinds of platforms. It could be their biggest strength going forward, especially over competitors like Apple who still live in their closed bubble and offer almost nothing to the outside of their ecosystem.
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Article said:
Linux is competing with itself and this is why it's getting better all the time.
This illuminates the real problem Windows has: It hasn't been a leader in a long time. Instead, Microsoft and Windows have just been chasing other OSes trying to be like them. Once you are competing with others, they are no longer competing with you. The solution: Write a really great OS that has features that everyone else wants so they start emulating you. Is it possible? Maybe not. Microsoft lost their niche: Desktop OS. If they'd just concentrate on Desktop OS they could possibly win. Hear me, Microsoft! People still want a desktop OS. I use pads/phones/portable devices, but I don't want to ONLY use them. Wake up, you sleeping behemoth and make a great Desktop OS!! I think I've made my point clear, so Nadella, I'd be happy to work along side you. Reply here and we can work out the details of my salary (HUMONGOUS!!!):thumbsup:
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Kent Sharkey wrote:
The death of Linux has been proclaimed many times, and that's something that will probably go on for quite some time.
And then... MS released Win8 and Win10 giving the biggest life injection to linux ever
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I officially hate Softpedia. Scumbag pricks. I left two comments to that article, in the hope to join in on the conversation. Both of my comments were rejected. There was no swearing, no insulting words, nothing of the sort. Just an opinion. Apparently, insults are allows in their comments section, but opinions are not. Fuck Softpedia.
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I officially hate Softpedia. Scumbag pricks. I left two comments to that article, in the hope to join in on the conversation. Both of my comments were rejected. There was no swearing, no insulting words, nothing of the sort. Just an opinion. Apparently, insults are allows in their comments section, but opinions are not. Fuck Softpedia.
That doesn't match my experience at that particular site at all. I've posted comments, both critical and not to the site on numerous occasions. I've never received any correspondence from them, whether I'm being critical, opinionated or on occasion, rather unpleasant and nasty. Silviu isn't what I would categorize as one of their better authors, but he's alright. Each author appears to need to approve the comments on their own articles. Over the years, I'm aware of one occasion on which my submitted comment was not published - it was for a correction to the article and its omission was entirely inconsequential (though the factual errors were changed) What was the username you posted them under?
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