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Microsoft's New Core OS Team Learning from Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the open-the-os-and-really-learn-from-linux dept.

sokk writes "Seems like Microsoft is paying attention to the Linux way of doing things. According to itworld.com, a new central engineering division will work on the core of Windows: "The Windows Core Operating System Division (COSD), within the company's Platforms Group, will be responsible for the core OS platform, including development, program management and testing, Microsoft said in a statement sent via e-mail.". A little further down the page analyst Rob Enderle: "They have been studying Linux extensively. Part of their study has been on how Linux has been able to maintain a high level of consistency in the kernel while groups around it maintain maximum flexibility,". "

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  1. Better watch that innovation by Craig+Maloney · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft better watch out! That GPL software might corrupt their innovation!

  2. Re:More Power To Them by Duncan3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nah, Linux developers have cut out the middleman and are copying Apple directly now :)

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  3. steve jobs by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 5, Funny
    Sssshhhhhhh, nobody tell Steve Jobs, he might get jealous that M$ is stealing someone elses R&D!

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  4. Oh, now I get it. by Our+Man+In+Redmond · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux is anti-American, unconstitutional, hippie-dippie, probably communistic, causes cancer in laboratory animals . . .

    and now Microsoft wants to be more like Linux. Got it.

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  5. After years of studying Linux.... by zanderredux · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...Microsoft researchers found out that they couldn't keep Windows stable, even after the last major rewrite, which modularized the Windows' kernel, implemented fully-compliant POSIX and is known to be compiled with GCC.

    "It seems that GPL must be in place to bring stability to the thing", said one of the core group leaders.

    It is puzzling since the exact same version of Windows was setup and only the GPL-labeled boxes were able to keep an extended uptime. The same core group leader said "It is extremely odd. We suspect that the GPL has some magical attributes to it, making everything under those three letters run better. See, we've made a test and enabled users to select the licensing scheme, whether to follow our usual EULAs or GPL. After the selection, the software was installed as usual, with no differences whatsoever, since we did not let users customize the install after the license selection. We found out that installations made when the user clicked on the EULA option tended to be more susceptible to hangups than installs made under the GPL".

  6. Re:More Power To Them by CrosseyedPainless · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, how did the Linux developers get the Windows SMP code? Or are you saying that any functional SMP implementation comes from Windows?

    Wait... isn't SMP what SCO is freaking about?! Now I get it! You're in the wrong thread! This is a Microsoft astroturfing thread, not an SCO astroturfing thread. Wait a few minutes, and you'll have an SCO thread to work with, okay?