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Microsoft to 'Support and Usurp' Unix

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the highly-unlikely-in-the-near-future dept.

qedramania writes "Computerworld has a report on the latest Windows server release and their Unix strategy." From the article: "R2 is built on the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and is geared towards specific workloads such as storage management, branch office server management, as well as identity and access management. It also provides a subsystem which supports Posix applications."

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  1. If you cant beat them... by tsa · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you can't beat them, join them!

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    1. Re: If you cant beat them... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny

      > If you can't beat them, join them!

      Yep, it looks like Microsoft is about to invent UNIX.

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  2. Re:The Borg Queen ... er ... King? by tsa · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess Slashdot's picture of Gates as a Borg [slashdot.org] is applicable more now than ever ... but, in my personal opinion, I kind of see this as a good thing.

    You mean he is assimilated in the Unix-hive, don't you? ;-)

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  3. Come on with the links... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do article submitters assume us UNIX guys know all the latest buzzwords and upstart companies in computing? For the uninitiated, Microsoft are a software publisher who sell a toy operating system called Windows.

  4. Re: a tu vieja le cabe! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny

    > A tu vieja le cabe, lo sabemos todos.

    Something about CAB files and dying on Saturday, I think.

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