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Microsoft to Stop Releasing Services for Unix

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the end-of-the-road dept.

lilrowdy18 writes "According to a recent article, Microsoft will stop releasing any new versions of Services for Unix. SFU 3.5 will continue to be supported until 2011 and will have extended support until 2014. From what the article hints at, Microsoft wants Unix interoperability integrated into the OS. Microsoft says that this integration couldn't be done with past architectures."

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  1. WTF does this mean? by KrisCowboy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Microsoft says that this integration couldn't be done with past architectures
    Past architectures? M$'s been developing this SFU thing for PDPs or what? I bet Vista isn't shit different from XP.

  2. Re:Microsoft's answer to UNIX by Electrum · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Given enough time and money, eventually Microsoft will re-invent Unix

    I sure hope not. NT is a much better OS than UNIX. It's Win32 that sucks.