Microsoft Trying To Appeal to the Unix Crowd?

DigDuality writes "With the news that Windows 2008 (recently discussed on Slashdot) will have GUI-less installs and be fully scriptable, that they've opened up their communication protocols for non-commercial usage and are providing a patent covenant (Redhat Responds), and now finally an interesting rumor floating around that Microsoft will be taking on GNU directly. Has Microsoft totally switched gears in how it is approaching the Unix and FOSS sector for direct competition? According to an anonymous email leaked from a Microsoft employee, it seems Microsoft will be developing a framework that will be completely GNU compatible. Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, said on Friday (23 February) that they are aiming to restore a Unix-like environment to its former proprietary glory, at the same time proving that Microsoft is committed to interoperability. Ballmer emphasized that Microsoft's new strategy is to provide users with a complete package, and this includes users who like Unix environments. According to the supposedly leaked email, UNG, which stands for UNG's not GNU, is set to be released late 2009."

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Unrelated re your sig:

[ZeroFactorial]

I have blind faith in gravity - I'm pretty sure that's safe.
Unless of course you're one of those people who stays tethered down "just in case"...
Also I have blind faith in "The Boss". He's never led me wrong... er... wait a minute...

Re:Unrelated re your sig:

[node 3]

1) Faith is a religious term, and merits a religious definition - not one provided by a secular source, such as the dictionary. No, it's a word. Words are best defined in the Dictionary.

2) "Blind Faith" is a subset of "Faith". Sure.

3) Faith is "Substance of things hoped for" or "Evidence of things not seen" I didn't see the word "or" in that quote. I saw a comma, which is usually interpreted as an "and" or "also".

4) Thus we can safely say Faith is "Evidence of things not seen" No, we cannot. I can close my eyes and be just as sure there's a planet beneath my feet as I can with my eyes open and looking right at it.

5) Since "Blind Faith" is a subset of "Faith", then "Blind Faith" also has the property of being "Evidence of things not seen" Not necessarily, but even if we take it to mean that, being a subset means it has additional characteristics, the most important being that "blind faith" means having no direct, rational reason to believe in something. There is no blind faith involved in accepting the existence of gravity.

Q.E.D. Not even close.

You focused on "substance of things hoped for" and ignored the more pertinent "evidence of things not seen". A. Why is it more important? B. I can see the effects of gravity. In fact, one can actually *see* gravity itself. Gravitational Lensing is seeing gravity itself, just as much as seeing light reflected from a statue is seeing the statue.

Actualy: Satan only appeals to Christians.

[krischik]

Note that Satan is not part of pagan believe, budism, hindusm or the old roman or greek belive - to name a few. He only appeals to monothesis religions as only monothesis religions need an anti-god.

Martin

Re:Wow

[Anonymous Coward]

Because you're not supposed to mod someone troll or flamebait because you disagree with them. You're just burying their potentially valid point that may not be either of those two. If you disagree, respond back and refute his point. Don't hide behind the moderation system.