I think one important consideration would be that they might have to
publish their, as yet, undocumented APIs unless they try to strike some
non-disclosure deal between the two companies. I have no doubt that M$
will do all in their power to avoid publishing their undocumented APIs.
Howard.
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On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Barrie Hall wrote:
> So, according to this morning's press
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> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2000/04/item20000429092114_1.htm
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> The US Govt have decided on how many 'baby bills' there will be and what
> they will do.
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> 1) An OS oriented company
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> 2) An applications oriented company
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> Great idea. (Yes, I know it will take 3-5 years to implement)
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> I think the OS company will flop unless MS does something really out of left
> field, like develop their own Linux Distribution and contribute some of the
> 'good' bits from Windows 2000 to the open source community in the process
> (like some of the active directory services stuff).
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> MS-OS will flop *not* because it is *not-Linux* but because it is simply not
> the best OS for either Server or Desktop. MS have failed to develop and
> deliver a *single* good, stable OS since MS-DOS 3.1.
> Since MS-DOS was only every really a 'monitor' with a file system stuck on
> the side, I don't really think MS has ever understood Operating Systems
> engineering.
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> On the other hand......
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> As for the applications group.... *Bring it on* !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> MS-APPS are big and have *lots* (too many) features, but they do work most
> of the time. Running under a more reliable OS, they will be better behaved
> and unable (or less able) to crash your desktop.
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> First cab of the rank would have to be a port of MS Office to Linux.
> I believe this will succeed.
>
> People are *used to* MS Office.
> People would use Linux/KDE as a desktop OS if it had MS office. MS would
> also need to port some of their new aquisitions to Linux (like Visio 2000,
> etc).
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> MS-APPS would also be wise to port to other *NIX/X Windows platforms.
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> Comments???
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> [I'm going to go and hide under my desk now] :)
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> Cheers,
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> Barrie
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