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Unix To Beef Up Longhorn

Posted by Hemos on from the going-to-the-root-of-the-matter dept.

An anonymous reader writes "VNUnet has a story about Longhorn having the ability to run unix or linux code via SFU." Microsoft's site has a lot more information about SFU itself. Regardless of ideological bent, it's an interesting piece o' technology.

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  1. Bender's Take by ari_j · · Score: 5, Funny

    Interesting. No, wait...that other thing. Tedious.

  2. STFU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anybody else first read that as STFU? Seems oddly appropriate somehow.

  3. Now I can write UNIX code... by mothz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Woohoo! Now I can write UNIX code to run on Windows! Then in twenty years or whenever Longhorn is released, they can change the standard, and I'll get to choose between compatibility with my UNIX code and UNIX, or Windows! This is great!

  4. uh.. by SpooForBrains · · Score: 5, Funny

    longhorn:~# cd / er, no, I mean, cd \ ... I mean ... ohsodit

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    1. Re:uh.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      you probably meant: rm -rf \

  5. Finally... by shackma2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, I can run my linux apps in a secure enviorment.

  6. SFU? by digidave · · Score: 5, Funny

    This Shut the Fuck Up technology sounds interesting. Can I use it on an airplane or bus when people around me too loud?

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  7. Quick, someone all Apple... by pldms · · Score: 4, Funny

    "SFU is not shipped with Windows because SFU currently contains open-source software, such as the GNU C compiler, which cannot be distributed with commercial software."

    cue sound of one hand slapping forehead...

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  8. Wow... by Ayaress · · Score: 5, Funny

    All the simplicity of Unix.
    All the stability of Windows.

    Didn't somebody at Microsoft think to reverse things? They'd be furthur ahead to try to fix what they have before adding what everybody else has.

    1. Re:Wow... by Fear+the+Clam · · Score: 4, Funny

      All the simplicity of Unix.
      All the stability of Windows

      Now that's reverse engineering!

  9. Distributing GCC by WhyDoubt · · Score: 5, Funny

    > SFU is not shipped with Windows because SFU
    > currently contains open-source software, such as
    > the GNU C compiler, which cannot be distributed
    > with commercial software.

    Where's that clue-stick of mine? I feel the need to beat someone over the head with it.

  10. Re:S(T)FU by CdBee · · Score: 5, Funny

    "So, how did you compile KDE on Windows?"

    "SFU, noob!"

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  11. Re:Already getting slow, here's the (short) articl by finkployd · · Score: 4, Funny

    SFU is not shipped with Windows because SFU currently contains open-source software, such as the GNU C compiler, which cannot be distributed with commercial software.

    How does one become VUNet writer? Is there a rigorous screening process involved? Is any knowledge of them computer thingies required?

    Finkployd

  12. Article summary. by khasim · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some "analysists" say that something Microsoft might do sometime in the future might (or might not) hurt Linux deployments.

    Some people think SFU is really cool.

    Microsoft might upgrade SFU to 64bit sometime in the future.

    SFU lets you run *nix apps on Windows.

    There, now you don't have to wait for that page to load.

  13. Funny Joke!!! by justkarl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unix To Beef Up Longhorn

    I can't believe I didn't see it at first!
    BR Get it? Beef? Longhorn? Eh? Oh, forget it.

  14. Re:heh... by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

    "first microsoft gives us bullcrap statistics about how "windows outpeforms linux" and now this? does anyone else find it comical?"

    No. This smells more of "make it easier to migrate if you're using *Nix" than "we'll work faster with their stuff". Comical is the use of the acronymn SFU for the services for Unix.

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  15. This will become the basis for... by rewt66 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... "studies" showing that Unix/Linux is slower than Windows.

  16. In other acronyms.... by gosand · · Score: 5, Funny
    And you can tell they don't want to admit it because it's named Windows Services for UNIX. UNIX Services for Windows is more correct, but they want you to believe that Windows is empowering UNIX instead of the other way around.

    Why don't they just name it Functional Unix Distribution and get the whole acronym thing out in the open.

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  17. Re:Really? From the article... by dasmegabyte · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pish. You can't counter assumption with facts -- you'll set a deadly precedent.

    Instead, try anecdotes that don't prove anything other than how dorky your friends are.. That's the slashdot way.

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  18. This Is Good by appleLaserWriter · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been developing some analysis software for the last few months. I'm nearly code-complete but have been vexed by several issues. In particular, I've been wondering how I can bring my software to systems that are routinely rootkitted by script kiddies. Thanks to SFU, I can finally deliver software with the Quality that Windows users Expect.

    1. Re:This Is Good by ari_j · · Score: 4, Funny

      Even (especially?) the best programmers have a hard time meeting the demanding requirements of Windows Quality Assurance. I just can't bring myself to write bugs and security holes like that. ;)

  19. Re:Really? From the article... by budgenator · · Score: 4, Funny

    enable PHBs to replace Unix servers with cheap Dell boxes running Windows admined by MCSEs.

    I'm not sure why this is preferable to cheap Dell boxes running Linux adminned by MCSEs, If they can't admin a unix service running on linux, they can't admin a unix service running on Windows either.

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  20. Re:Longhorn and Unix. by Carnildo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple went to BSD.
    Novell is going to Linux.
    Windows...?

    The next generation of Windows will be based on UnixWare.

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