Maybe we will see a Microsoft Linux distribution sometime in 2016

HW3 · 12-09-15, 03:43 PM

http://www.zdnet.com/article/not-a-t...certification/

Rockin Robbins · 12-09-15, 05:01 PM

That's very interesting, especially considering that Microsoft's strategy has consistently been proprietary data formats that evolve not to introduce new capabilities, but to prevent their use in other programs. Microsoft Excel, for instance, changed from .xls (already an exclusive proprietary format) to .xlsx in order to shut competing spreadsheets out of being able to load and modify spreadsheets made with Microsoft Excel.

Windows doesn't care about interoperability with the world either. Windows Explorer totally ignores any Linux disks attached to the system, even refusing the give them a drive letter.

This tells me the wheels have come off Microsoft's attempt to monopolize the server market and now, for the first time, are forced, in desparation, to play nice with the rest of the world! That is great news. But it doesn't mean that Microsoft is now wearing a white hat.

Now if they will switch the format of output files of all their business files to .ods and learn to non-destructively read and write ext2, ext3, ext4 and other disk formats, including Apple's I'll take them seriously about wanting to be good citizens of the computing world.

Skybird · 12-09-15, 05:05 PM

Sign this foul compromise only with my cold dead hand.

Trust has been totally and completely compromised. Why should I wish to have Microsoft messing with Linux? They will try to corrupt it - absolutely zero doubt on that. They could not annihilate it in open field battle, so to speak - now they want to infiltrate it and destroy it from within.

Also, if this "cooperaiton" turns out to be foul play - what alternative to Windows would users be left with then? Apple? Hilarious, they suffer from the same problems like Microsoft. Android? Google - nuff said.

Leave Linux alone.

vienna · 12-10-15, 05:35 PM

The change from .xls to .xlsx or .doc to .docx, etc. was not to exclude other software from being compatible with MS Office. Rather, it was implemented when MS adapted MS Office to be compatible with and usable with the XML formats that came into being at the time; it was just MS denoting those documents were compatible with use in XML environments. I have taken some, if not all, of other publishers .doc or other file formats and easily open them and used them in MS Office. Likewise, I have had no apparent problems renaming a .docx file to .doc and opening them on other software such as Open Office, etc. The only downside is non-Office software will most often not support some of the formatting features such as XML used by MS, but, since the vast majority of users aren't really using the most "high-end" tech features of Office apps, the effect is virtually nil...

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Red_88 · 12-10-15, 06:08 PM

Heaven Forbid! A microsoft Linux distribution is one of the last thing this world needs.

If microsoft really starts to mess linux up, I will migrate to freebsd.

funny is, that it would't the first time for microsoft to step a foot in the *nix world,
anyone remember XENIX? make me wonder how they want to call their Linux distribution, how about "Eunuchs" -> Eunux?

12-09-15, 03:43 PM	#1
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12-09-15, 05:01 PM	#2
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,899 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	That's very interesting, especially considering that Microsoft's strategy has consistently been proprietary data formats that evolve not to introduce new capabilities, but to prevent their use in other programs. Microsoft Excel, for instance, changed from .xls (already an exclusive proprietary format) to .xlsx in order to shut competing spreadsheets out of being able to load and modify spreadsheets made with Microsoft Excel. Windows doesn't care about interoperability with the world either. Windows Explorer totally ignores any Linux disks attached to the system, even refusing the give them a drive letter. This tells me the wheels have come off Microsoft's attempt to monopolize the server market and now, for the first time, are forced, in desparation, to play nice with the rest of the world! That is great news. But it doesn't mean that Microsoft is now wearing a white hat. Now if they will switch the format of output files of all their business files to .ods and learn to non-destructively read and write ext2, ext3, ext4 and other disk formats, including Apple's I'll take them seriously about wanting to be good citizens of the computing world. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS Last edited by Rockin Robbins; 12-09-15 at 05:16 PM.

12-09-15, 05:05 PM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,496 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Sign this foul compromise only with my cold dead hand. Trust has been totally and completely compromised. Why should I wish to have Microsoft messing with Linux? They will try to corrupt it - absolutely zero doubt on that. They could not annihilate it in open field battle, so to speak - now they want to infiltrate it and destroy it from within. Also, if this "cooperaiton" turns out to be foul play - what alternative to Windows would users be left with then? Apple? Hilarious, they suffer from the same problems like Microsoft. Android? Google - nuff said. Leave Linux alone. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

12-10-15, 05:35 PM	#4
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,506 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The change from .xls to .xlsx or .doc to .docx, etc. was not to exclude other software from being compatible with MS Office. Rather, it was implemented when MS adapted MS Office to be compatible with and usable with the XML formats that came into being at the time; it was just MS denoting those documents were compatible with use in XML environments. I have taken some, if not all, of other publishers .doc or other file formats and easily open them and used them in MS Office. Likewise, I have had no apparent problems renaming a .docx file to .doc and opening them on other software such as Open Office, etc. The only downside is non-Office software will most often not support some of the formatting features such as XML used by MS, but, since the vast majority of users aren't really using the most "high-end" tech features of Office apps, the effect is virtually nil... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

12-10-15, 06:08 PM	#5
Red_88 Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 49 Downloads: 250 Uploads: 6	Heaven Forbid! A microsoft Linux distribution is one of the last thing this world needs. If microsoft really starts to mess linux up, I will migrate to freebsd. funny is, that it would't the first time for microsoft to step a foot in the *nix world, anyone remember XENIX? make me wonder how they want to call their Linux distribution, how about "Eunuchs" -> Eunux?