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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. Major selling point is ... by dogStarSirius · · Score: -1, Troll

    So the major selling point for Solaris is that you can run Linux applications on it ... where do I sign?

  2. Sounds great but it won't likely happen by Chayak · · Score: 0, Troll

    It would be great if programs could run on any OS but you know M$ would do everything in their power to prevent it as they could never live with even a 1% profit loss despite all the money they have in the bank.

  3. welcome to 1999 by js3 · · Score: 0, Troll

    it's called java, and it failed miserably

    --
    did you forget to take your meds?
  4. I don't care either. by durangotang · · Score: 0, Troll

    I really don't care what OS I am running either.

    As long as it is Mac OS.