If MS opens up source and do not bodge up the licence, then we could take the GUI stuff and put it on a Linux OS. With some API playing All windows apps would run perfect and windows users would find it really easy to get a stable version of windows. They would not even know that Linux was underneath.
We get a really stable operating sytstem that 90% of the population use as we can always bring up a 'UNIX Command Prompt' or something and work like we did before.
Everyone gets the best of both worlds....
Projects such as KDE and GNOME would also need to adapt, ie become the new program standards for writing apps, as the windows app programming model is crap and KDE/GNOME programming models are really clean and enjoyable to program and use.
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Just a thought, but isn't an X-Box another name
for a X Terminal, or at least I've always called
them X Boxes.
Maybe MS are confusing the issue a bit.
Afterall Linux runs X, and well to the novice 'X' and 'X' sound the same ?
Colour is the correct spelling!, You americans like to drop letters out of words.
Okay I use KDE and such stuff, but:
If MS opens up source and do not bodge up the licence, then we could take the GUI stuff and put it on a Linux OS. With some API playing All windows apps would run perfect and windows users would find it really easy to get a stable version of windows. They would not even know that Linux was underneath.
We get a really stable operating sytstem that 90% of the population use as we can always bring up a 'UNIX Command Prompt' or something and work like we did before.
Everyone gets the best of both worlds....
Projects such as KDE and GNOME would also need to adapt, ie become the new program standards for writing apps, as the windows app programming model is crap and KDE/GNOME programming models are really clean and enjoyable to program and use.