Posted on 04/16/2018 4:34:58 PM PDT by dayglored
We'll get to the specifics in a moment, but here's the really notable part: To power Azure Sphere, Microsoft has developed its own, custom version of Linux — the free, open source operating system that Microsoft once considered the single biggest threat to the supremacy of its Windows software.
"After 43 years, this is the first day that we are announcing, and will be distributing, a custom Linux kernel," Microsoft President Brad Smith said on stage at an event in San Francisco.
Smith said that by Microsoft's reckoning, the fact that most new gadgetry comes with a processor is cause for concern: In 2016, unsecured cameras and other appliances were harnessed by bad guys to mount a massive cyberattack that took down major websites for hours. Years later, people are still buying smart gadgets, but security hasn't always improved.
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Microsoft is adapting the Linux OS to address IoT device security.
It’s a brilliant move.
Based on the description, it sounds like a firewall distribution.
Uh, No! I’m going to an Non-Microsoft OS when when Windows 7 no longer works.
The original GPL should have included a clause excluding Microsoft Corporation from using, distributing, or profitting from gpl software in any form in perpetuity. They fought tooth-and-nail back in the day to crush Linux into the dirt.
Didn’t Microsoft buy Novell?
Yes, it is.
ALL: This new Linux is not intended as a "user" operating system. It's really more of an embedded OS for devices.
It was Attachmate that bought them. Microsoft shelled out $450 million for some intellectual property but I'm not sure exactly what.
I run Win 10 on both my desktop and tablet. Win 10 updating has been flawless on the desktop, but just the opposite on the tablet. I spent days trying to find similarly situated users, which there were myriad, and searching for a quick fix. Nada! I finally returned to a previous operational update on the tablet, where it was stable, and made a system image. I then reset the tabby, and reloaded Win 10 to the latest build. It has been operating flawlessly since then. You may want to try this.
Yeah, my initial reaction was similar. But Ballmer is gone, and with him, the blind hatred and stupidity that caused Microsoft to do all that evil crap. It's over, it's done.
I'll always maintain a slightly jaundiced eye towards Microsoft's professed "love of Linux". Actions speak louder than words, and if Microsoft does good in this arena, I have to give them credit. It's not impossible for them, these days.
It's a shame Ballmer's so damn rich -- he deserves to suffer for his evil acts, but he's rich and he doesn't give a sh&t any more, I'm sure. And the damage he did will resonate in our communities for decades to come.
But like the old Grateful Dead song, "He's Gone" -- and "Nothin's gonna bring him back."
Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb, you know better but I know him Like I told you, what I said, steal your face right off your head Now he's gone, now he's gone, Lord he's gone, he's gone Like a steam locomotive, rollin' down the track He's gone, he's gone and nothin's gonna bring him back, he's gone
What could possibly go wrong?
If he doesn’t, I will.
“Security”... HAH!!!
Anything Binary is Hackable/crackable.
Especially when you outsource the help to third world sh-tholes.
Then all it takes is for one set of keys to get lost into the wild and viola... not secure anymore.
Just the nature of “Digital”
Ballmer was an ok marketer/manager, but not a technical guy. And, at least from the outside, it seems like he was an angry manager, who used fear as a tool. Microsoft stagnated under him.
IMHO, Bill Gates knew it, but wanted to move on to whatever it is he’s moved on to. Thinking, charity... whatever.
[ Microsoft is adapting the Linux OS to address IoT device security.
It’s a brilliant move. ]
Yeah, the boys at Redmond can blame Linux for their security blunders...
CP/M was subsumed by the Microsoft Borg.
I hate to utter the words “this time may be different,” but it may well be the case. Linux has achieved size and momentum. If Microsoft were to come up with a popular variant, I don’t think it would be destructive at this point.
I do. That was an extremely primitive operating system.
Very odd deal so as not to violate the GNU Genera. Public License.
Why should I? I think it's a great idea, and likely a very good product.
LOL
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