Microsoft's New Core OS Team Learning from Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 17, 2003 @06:16AM 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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Re:Social not Technical by i.r.id10t · 2003-12-17 06:24 · Score: 0, Redundant

+1 insightful...

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Re:Same old, same old from Microsoft by Junks+Jerzey · 2003-12-17 07:42 · Score: 0, Redundant

Denigrate it loudly while duplicating it quietly.

Of course remember that Linux started as an attempt to clone Minix, then full UNIX. UNIX was around for a while before Microsoft was even founded.