[NF] Microsoft’s Next OS is Based on Linux, Not Windows

[Ted Roche]

Microsoft’s Next OS is Based on Linux, Not Windows

https://www.thurrott.com/internet-of-things-iot/156628/microsofts-next-os-based-linux-not-windows

That's an eye-catching headline. But they're talking about embedded
systems and I(DI)OT machines, secured with Windows Azure Cloud
Services.
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[Alan Bourke]

It wouldn't surprise me if we saw a Microsoft desktop distro in the next 10 years.
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Post by Ted Roche
Microsoft’s Next OS is Based on Linux, Not Windows
https://www.thurrott.com/internet-of-things-iot/156628/microsofts-next-os-based-linux-not-windows
That's an eye-catching headline. But they're talking about embedded
systems and I(DI)OT machines, secured with Windows Azure Cloud
Services.
--
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com

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[Ted Roche]

Post by Alan Bourke
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.

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[Alan Bourke]

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.
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[Fernando D. Bozzo]

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

Post by Alan Bourke
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.
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alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm

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[Ted Roche]

Post by Fernando D. Bozzo
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.

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[Ted Roche]

Post by Alan Bourke
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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[Stephen Russell]

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.

Post by Alan Bourke

Post by Alan Bourke
I could see them doing a Chromebook-style affair with Office 365

subscription , using the browser based versions of Word et al.

Post by Alan Bourke
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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[AndyHC]

hmmm ... the whole world does not have access to fast reliable broadband!

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[Ted Roche]

Post by AndyHC
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.
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[Stephen Russell]

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.

Post by AndyHC
hmmm ... the whole world does not have access to fast reliable broadband!

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[Alan Bourke]

Post by Stephen Russell
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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