Posted on 01/04/2014 8:48:36 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Reportedly, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will soon be introducing a brand new computer programming language. This programming language, in turn, would be used to develop an operating system called “Midori” whose operations will not be similar to Windows in any way.
The new programming language is code-named “M#” as per reports and is an extension of C#. Midori represents a highly-dependable operating system in which the kernel, device drivers, and applications are all written in managed codes.
Managed code is a term coined by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) to identify computer program source code that will execute only under the management of a Common Language Runtime virtual machine.
Midori is not compatible with the Windows apps that are already out on the market. However, it is likely that certain features of Midori could well be integrated into the next version of Windows, namely Windows 9.
Midori is reportedly designed to cater to the need for writing apps for cloud computing. However, Midori is not the only language to cater to cloud-computing. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) too created a new programming language called Golang (or Go) to develop apps for the cloud. Golang has proved to be an improved substitute for Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL)’s Java and Microsoft’s very own language .Net.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is aiming to gain market share in cloud computing through its Azure cloud service. In this regard, we believe that a dedicated cloud operating system will boost Microsoft’s competitive position against the likes of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).
However, the focus now remains on the growth trajectory of Windows 8. The company is still persuading developers to write more apps for Windows 8, which has failed to impress due to lack of user-friendly nature and has nothing new to offer.
In such a scenario, we believe that it is very unlikely for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) to launch a full-fledged non-Windows operating system anytime in the near future.
you have to wonder how much money companies worldwide have spent getting microsoft stuff to work properly the last 25 years. trillions, probably.
If I have to learn a new operationg system, seems like Linux would be a better choice.
C# is managed type-safe code that precludes most of more serious problems that come with non-managed code. Java is also type-safe although not to the extent C# is.
Bottom line, any code, even managed type-safe code is only as safe as the knowledge and application development skills of the persons developing the code. This applies across the board to all languages.
OK, I'll take a guess: it is either a ChiCom Linux variant because we have a contract still with them thanks to BJ clintoon and what he owes for his 'campaign contributions', or an Iranian or Saudi muzzie open-source OS because O'butt_ears still needs to bow to the saudi king a few more times before they will accept that we really do not mean to make them keep on thinking that the USA is better than anyone else in the world -because that would be racist!
Windows 9, here it comes!
I’m not sure, but I believe that there are plenty of organizations that are enamored with cloud computing(NSA, IRS, EPA...).
I've dabbled in Linux for a few years now but I'm making a real push now. I had been using Ubuntu but, as I understand, it has some security issues. I use Debian, Mint (which is Ubuntu based but I think without the leaky parts) and Fedora.
Windows 7 is the last MS stop for me.
“Midori”? I KNEW those Microsofties were watermelons!
I'm about to that point as well .. just wish there weren't 148,000 flavors for the relatively uninitiated to have to wade through.
If egos (or whatever) could be set aside and some standardization made a priority, one or a few flavors of Linux could probably kick MS's corporate ass.
an aging boy can dream ..
Who knows what to expect of Microsoft anymore. When a huge company like them who can afford to hire the best and brightest releases something like Windows 8, which more or less is an OS that belongs on a smartphone or a tablet, and expect it to be widely adopted on desktops, you can’t underestimate the level of ‘stupid’ they’re capable of.
Seems their future direction is going to be oriented toward “The Cloud”(God I hate that term). All a great concept, as long as a company runs and manages their own private “Cloud”. Of course from a financial point of view, a private cloud undercuts the reason for using “the cloud” in the first place, because they can’t outsource their IT staff, which is suicidal IMO. Only a moron(or MBA) would hand over all of their company’s data and infrastructure to a 3rd party that could be on the other side of the world with the goal of saving a few dollars.
That would include whatever industry I'm in at any given time.
Or on the cloud AT ALL.
The differences are in aesthetics, and package management--though that getting down to 2-4 different methods now.
Windows 2000 was my lat one. When I bought a new laptop in 2003, I put Fedora Core 1 on it as it had just been released. I've been on Fedora ever since--am now on my second laptop, and have F20 on it, running XFCE.
Pretty sweet.
Tho I've sidled up to it a few times in the past - and esp. like knowing it can be trialed completely from a dvd or thumb - other priorities always inserted themselves .. tired old story prolly, but there it is.
I've managed to skip all the loser versions of MS OSs, and have been moderately pleased with 7, esp re hardware recognition.
But while not a hardcore gamer rig, this current desktop should blaze with the hardware that's in it.
And it IS a vast improvement over the last one (XPpro, less memory), but still takes about an hour and a half to reboot.
The real kicker tho, and tipping the level of MS disgust over the edge, is that this version of Office (7) that came pre-installed is an unmitigated ceaseless clusterf***.
So yeah, Off7 was kind of a freebie in the package price, but there's no way I'd shell out another $300 for it off the shelf.
Not that Office has anything to do with the OS, but its level of fubar just strikes me as indicative of Redmond's 'our way or the highway' retardation.
Being a (simple) spreadsheet user (budgeting, insurance inventory, etc), I find myself turning to OpenOffice more often lately, and am impressed with its handling of most archived Excel files I've thrown at it.
The only real difference being OO's translation of cell background colors varying just a tad; otherwise the other basics are pretty seamless.
<pauses for breath>
Anyway, I'm glad to have seen this thread, and will simply have to find a place for the OS switch on the priority list for this year . . .
yup, Windows 8... 
A good place to start IMHO is the recommended Linux distributions at https://prism-break.org/en/
That site lists a handful of distros based on their security but mention is also made of their ease of use, etc.
A big thing for me was to be able to use a number of Windows applications that I really rely on and for which there are no Linux equivalents. Wine has saved the day there. So far, the only app that doesn't work is one ham radio program. For any others, there's a Linux compatible equivalent.
Of course, half of the fun is trying out the various versions to see which one has the right "feel."
Sorry, but I find this rather insulting. Data security and inventiveness are NOT inherently opposing forces.
Inventors that don't take care to protect their intellectual property frequently end up watching someone else introduce their product.
If microsoft pushes this as far as this article describes, I am sure my business will not be the only one to migrate away. They have a choice, clearly.
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