TRON Enters Alliance With Microsoft

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 30, 2003 @12:30PM from the sound-of-mechanical-breathing dept.

David writes "As widely reported on OSNews.com, Forbes, IDG, CNet, AustralianIT, and Ashi Shimbun - Microsoft Corp. has entered into an alliance with the T-engine Forum, the consortium behind the free software TRON operating system. As TRON runs billions of devices worldwide, this will help Microsoft's goal of cementing WinCE / .NET in places as diverse as your toaster and cell phone, perhaps in a setup similar to how X-Windows is in relation to the Linux kernel." (Continued below.)

David continues: "This arrangement is ironic, as Microsoft is part of the reason why the U.S. in the 1980s prevented Japan from putting TRON into schools on the desktop by account of trade rules, which would've meant Linux may've never gone beyond being a footnote in the comp.os.minix archives. No doubt Microsoft is aiming to keep Linux out of the embedded space, and may in the long-term foster an environment where using anything other than industry-licenced OS software on the desktop becomes unviable for everyday tasks because all the infratructurial systems we take for granted today like radio, television, phones, IM, require Palladium-style walled gardens."

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But... by condour75 · 2003-09-30 12:33 · Score: 5, Funny

I'll never believe it... Tron fights for the users. He'd never work for the MCP.
Oh Well by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-30 12:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Better than having to pay an extra $699 to SCO for my toaster.
Re:Shoot me now! by NanoGator · 2003-09-30 12:53 · Score: 5, Funny

"Too late, they already put Windows on my gun, and it just keeps rebooting when I pull the trigger."

I tried to commit suicide using a Linux based gun. Unfortunately, by the time I figured out the right switches for the sht command, I felt better!

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"Derp de derp."
Re:Shoot me now! by dvdeug · 2003-09-30 13:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Unfortunately, by the time I figured out the right switches for the sht command, I felt better!

RTFM. It's sht [options] [caliber] [number of bullets], where -l is for lead bullets, -number is how you specify the number of the body part you want to shoot (where the default is in the air), -h for high velocity, and -q for auto reload. How much easier could it get?