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Microsoft Working On "Post-Windows" Cloud Computing OS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-all-up-there-in-the-clouds-or-something dept.

Barence writes "Microsoft is working on a web-based operating system called Midori, as it looks to life beyond Windows. Midori is expected to be a cloud-computing service, and so not as dependent on hardware as current generations of Windows. It's also expected to run with a virtualization layer between the hardware and the OS, and is expected to be a commercial offshoot of the Singularity research project which Microsoft has been working on since 2003." If this story sounds familiar to you, it probably is.

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  1. I, for one... by m3j00 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...welcome our old software-as-a-service overlords.

  2. Best "Cloud Computing OS" name: by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cloud 9!

    too bad it's by definition vaporware.

    1. Re:Best "Cloud Computing OS" name: by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 5, Funny

      As is the screen.

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  3. Over and out? by Smivs · · Score: 1, Funny

    No Gates, now no more Windows. Can someone please show Microsoft the Door!

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  4. Cloud Computing by TheOldSchooler · · Score: 2, Funny

    If only someone could utilize the power of cloud computing to get rid of dupes.

  5. Re:FIRST PROUST! by ianare · · Score: 2, Funny

    va chier !!

  6. On the subject of names by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's quite sad that Apple feels the need to steal the name of animals for their company. A simple Google search reveals there's already a Leopard. The company Steve wants to buy reveals the same thing. Even MSN knows about it, so Live Search isn't left out.
    How about a little due diligence, Apple? Or is the plan to just lie, cheat, steal, and discredit mammal opponents in the eyes of CIOs and the press? What about the new, nicer, more open Apple we keep hearing about? Is that just more underhanded marketing building on the goodwill of truly open companies?

  7. Re:Do you know what you are talking about? by negRo_slim · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's just code that runs on a machine.

    It's just a payment automatically debited from your account each month!

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