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Should The Next Windows Be Built On Linux?

Posted by timothy on from the yoga-position-questions dept.

scrm writes "The next version of Windows should be built on top of Linux, according to this article by Robert Cringely of PBS." If Microsoft wanted to, they could be the world's largest vendor of Free software .. couldn't they?

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  1. Yeah right by KilljoyAZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's about as likely as Jack Valenti saying, "We actually don't need copyrights to last this long," or Duke Nukem Forever being released.

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  2. wait..... by skinnedmink · · Score: 5, Funny

    If anyone could ruin the stability of Linux.....it would be Microsoft.

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  3. The question is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will Linus accept the BSOD patch for the kernel?

  4. Re:No. by CptNoSkill · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yea Microsoft would never base their products on something that apple made.. oh.. wait a minute....