Microsoft’s Next OS is Based on Linux, Not Windows
https://www.thurrott.com/internet-of-things-iot/156628/microsofts-next-os-ba...
That's an eye-catching headline. But they're talking about embedded systems and I(DI)OT machines, secured with Windows Azure Cloud Services.
It wouldn't surprise me if we saw a Microsoft desktop distro in the next 10 years.
On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 4:57 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote:
It wouldn't surprise me if we saw a Microsoft desktop distro in the next 10 years.
Really? What do you think would be the selling points? The special features?
I know Oracle has their own Linux, a rebranded Red Hat.
I could see them doing a Chromebook-style affair with Office 365 subscription , using the browser based versions of Word et al.
Perhaps with the capability of running the Microsoft Store and UWP apps.
I agree, they have enough software for getting lots of money with licenses (visual studio, office, etc) to be worried about the OS.
But if happens, will no be after 5 or 10 years
El mié., 18 abr. 2018 12:53, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm escribió:
I could see them doing a Chromebook-style affair with Office 365 subscription , using the browser based versions of Word et al.
Perhaps with the capability of running the Microsoft Store and UWP apps.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Fernando D. Bozzo fdbozzo@gmail.com wrote:
I agree, they have enough software for getting lots of money with licenses (visual studio, office, etc) to be worried about the OS.
But if happens, will no be after 5 or 10 years
Well, there was "Windows for Tablets" and "Pen Computing" was the big rage for 9 months or so. Windows RT came and went. Windows Phone. The graveyard's nearly full.
You may be surprised to discover WinCE is still out there -- it runs my cable company's settop box.
But hardware evolves to catch up with software. New tiny tablets already come with more RAM than FoxPro can use.
On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 6:53 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote:
I could see them doing a Chromebook-style affair with Office 365 subscription , using the browser based versions of Word et al.
Perhaps with the capability of running the Microsoft Store and UWP apps.
Google's had some success with this. My dad has a Chromebook and Chromecast that lets him do web stuff and play videos on the TV.
For surfing, light Google Office work, email, the Chromebook's pretty cool. I prefer the larger screens and resolutions, but that's probably geezer preference. And older eyes.
Saving users who travel a lot by swapping out a laptop with a tablet that can run Office 365 in the cloud is a smart direction for the company or user to consider.
On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 6:53 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote:
I could see them doing a Chromebook-style affair with Office 365
subscription , using the browser based versions of Word et al.
Perhaps with the capability of running the Microsoft Store and UWP apps.
Google's had some success with this. My dad has a Chromebook and Chromecast that lets him do web stuff and play videos on the TV.
For surfing, light Google Office work, email, the Chromebook's pretty cool. I prefer the larger screens and resolutions, but that's probably geezer preference. And older eyes.
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hmmm ... the whole world does not have access to fast reliable broadband!
On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 8:09 AM, AndyHC andy@hawthorncottage.com wrote:
hmmm ... the whole world does not have access to fast reliable broadband!
No, it's true. In rural New Hampshire ("First In The Nation") there are towns that have practically no internet connectivity. The Telephone Company offers DSL to the few people within a certain distance of the central office or a switch, and other than that, there's dial-up. And cell connectivity in mountainous NH is spotty at best. And satellite is metered and twitchy and slow.
In the cities (NH has five of them) there's fiber broadband, but connectivity and speed drop off precipitously as the population does.
That is a GLOBAL problem more than a "Western Nation" problem, not saying you won't find broadband everywhere but it is hit or miss when you get away from large populations in EVERY STATE.
It takes a lot of money per mile to run cables, and for a hundred or fewer users that companies will find more populated lines to run first.
On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 7:09 AM, AndyHC andy@hawthorncottage.com wrote:
hmmm ... the whole world does not have access to fast reliable broadband!
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, at 2:46 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:
That is a GLOBAL problem more than a "Western Nation" problem, not saying you won't find broadband everywhere but it is hit or miss when you get away from large populations in EVERY STATE.
True - this country could fit in Lake Superior and has a population of about 4 million, but when you get out into the real boonies your options are basically satellite broadband.
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