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Windows is the Most Open Platform There is, Says Satya Nadella (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the to-each-his-own dept.

On Tuesday in a conversation with Gartner analysts, Satya Nadella talked about the future of AI, the cloud, Windows, and what his company plans to do with LinkedIn. But the most notable remark from Nadella was when he said this, "Windows is the most open platform there is." ZDNet adds: It came in the context of Nadella talking about Microsoft's mission to unite the three big constituencies in the technology world. "That's the approach we've always taken," said Nadella, "bringing users, IT, and developers together... When you bring them together, that's where the magic happens." He reminded the audience of several thousand technology leaders that Microsoft began by making tools, then it made apps, and now it makes platforms. Or, it buys them.

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  1. All those guys writing Malware couldn't agree more by MikeDataLink · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's why its so easy to infect a Windows system. Open holes every where you look! ;-)

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  2. Sigh by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well yes, if you're willing to just simply invent whole new definitions for words, you can make any claim you want. After all, I'm the strongest human being who ever lived, if you define human being as being a group of which I'm the only member.

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    1. Re:Sigh by NotInHere · · Score: 5, Funny

      This post is the first one in this thread.

    2. Re:Sigh by Holi · · Score: 4, Funny

      His argument is solid. What other PC operating system supports as many hardware devices, has as much software developed for it? Regardless of the OS being open, Windows as a platform has been a very open to anyone who wants to develop for it.

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  3. You keep using that word by sjbe · · Score: 5, Funny

    But the most notable remark from Nadella was when he said this, "Windows is the most open platform there is."

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

    1. Re:You keep using that word by CastrTroy · · Score: 1, Funny

      Office Open XML is so open that there's 6000+ pages of documentation explaining how everything works. I don't see 6000 pages explaining how OpenOffice formats work. See how open Microsoft is being here. It must be open if they produced so much documentation.

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  4. "Open" by Tablizer · · Score: 1, Funny

    Open in the Goatse sense.

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  5. Arthur Dent Says... by geminidomino · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'open' that I wasn't previously aware of.

  6. Wow by ilsaloving · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, Microsoft has a tendency to copy everything Apple does. It was only a matter of time before they started copying Apple's Reality Distortion Field as well.

  7. Yeah, Windows is open by Trailer+Trash · · Score: 3, Funny

    I mean, it's open in the same way that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is "Democratic", "People's", and "Republic".

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