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The Role of the Operating System In the Future

Posted by Hemos on from the yeah-we'll-still-care dept.

liteswap writes "Linux geeks love Linux and Windows mavens won't quit Microsoft -- but will we really care that much whether a machine is running Linux or Windows in future? As Sun announces Solaris support for Red Hat Linux applications, the need to specify the OS for a particular application will fade away, and the application and the x86 platform become the critical things -- at least that's what this Techworld feature argues..." Maybe a long time from now this will happen - but I don't see it happening RSN.

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  1. Re:In the future... by level_headed_midwest · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Naw, I thought HURD was dead.

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    Just "gittin-r-done," day after day.