Why Microsoft will drive serious Linux innovation (MS is doing Linux kernel development)

InfoWorld ^ | Sep 11, 2017 | Matt Asay

[dayglored]

Fascinating, Captain.

Is this a good thing, or the beginning of the old Microsoft technique of "EEE" (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish)???

[dayglored]

Microsoft loves LInux so much it wants to foster its development ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Wait... what?

[Bogie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuBe93FMiJc

[Paladin2]

Will all apps and Easter Eggs end up in the kernal?

[Charles Martel]

Is this a good thing, or the beginning of the old Microsoft technique of "EEE" (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish)???

I give the "good thing" possibility about 5% chance. The "EEE" trend is too deeply established (entrenched might be a better word).

[MrEdd]

Another day, another avenue for fake news.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Never heard of Jessie and MS is not the only shop developing for Linux!

[Steve Van Doorn]

Anything Microsoft gets into I avoid

[RegulatorCountry]

To me, Microsoft is a sort of Borg collective IRL, just less sleek and stylish.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The old Microsoft “Embrace, extend, extinguish” three-step.

[Secret Agent Man]

I will not use any linux microsquish has touched.

[SecondAmendment]

Methinks something is rotten in Seattle ....

[Garth Tater]

That's the great thing about open source - I can take anything I deem to be useful and use it or extend it and I can leave all the rest to wither on Microsoft's vine. Sure, there will be those that run straight MS linux but I'll be sticking with Debian and can't wait to see all the goodies MS will be giving me for free.

[Pontiac]

Everything Microsoft touches turns to Excrement.

EEE model won’t work against Linux because there are far too many other companies and Shareware operators out there for Microsoft to extinguish.

What Microsoft is up to I believe is, that they want to have a foot hold in Linux because too many companies and government orgs are going to Linux because they can not afford the MS licenses for all of their work stations.

MS wants to develop Linux based software to run on these machines.

If you can’t beat them join them.

[SERKIT]

Microsoft poised to screw up yet another computer innovation.

[Nateman]

I give MS zero chance of swallowing Linux. Linux is already free and any use of it means agreeing to the copyleft contract.

[Edward.Fish]

Microsoft poised to screw up yet another computer innovation.

Implying that Linux is an innovation. (It's not.)

[MarkL]

It would be difficult for MS to “extinguish” Linux, but I suppose it might be possible. I know that you can install Ubuntu Linux natively on Windows 10 Pro as a service, MS SQL for Linux is coming, as is Powershell to natively run on Linux. There’s too big a server presence for Linux in the world for M$ to ignore.

Mark

[MarkL]

To me, Microsoft is a sort of Borg collective IRL, just less sleek and stylish.

Years ago, I had a shirt with this image,

and text that said, "Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated."

Mark

[AZLiberty]

Everything Microsoft touches turns to Excrement.

I don't know about everything, but I know what MS did to Skype. In July I started taking a language course by Skype on my MacBookPro. Not only would it stop working approximately hourly, but it then refused to Quit. Force-Quit was necessary to get back to where Skype could be restarted.