Might be OT but, I personally will buy Microsoft Linux for the desktop if that ever happens. :P
Imagine the Win32 runtime embedded in the Linux kernel (making it a tainted kernel which FWIW I don't mind at all) and all the Windows applications working out of the box. Consider not having to need X anymore because the Windows GUI already comes shipped with the installer. Sweet. At any rate, maybe MS is just doing what is good for business. They haven't born out any concrete technical plans yet, but their stock has risen quite sharply because of this deal. Contrast that to the share price fall when they hit delays on both Office 2007 and Vista. Might just be a PR move for all we know. It's a wait and see game now... -- Dean Michael C. Berris C++ Software Architect Orange and Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co. web: http://software.orangeandbronze.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: +63 928 7291459 phone: +63 2 8943415 other: +1 408 4049532 blogs: http://mikhailberis.blogspot.com http://3w-agility.blogspot.com http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
