____/ [H]omer on Thursday 15 November 2007 02:17 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> ____/ BearItAll on Tuesday 13 November 2007 08:59 : \____
>
>>> No different to Linux distros breakdown of versions.
>
> ???
>
> AFAIK there are precisely *two* major variants of GNU/Linux.
>
> . Community distributions
> . Officially supported (i.e. commercial) distributions
>
> The "version" of GNU/Linux I use is a server ... or a Desktop ... or a
> Media Centre ... or anything I want it to be. I don't pay extra just to
> get Compiz (like Vista users do for Aero), or extra for Xen (like
> Longhorn users will) - it's just *there*, as it should be.
>
>> It's the same codebase
>
> It's the same /fragmented/ codebase, with bits for some people and bits
> for others, depending on how much you pay. It's ridiculous. If I get an
> OS, I want access to *all* of it, not just bits of it.
Well, you're out of luck and in for a surprise then.
Microsoft to Release Modular Operating Systems
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| Confirming Gartner's prediction, Microsoft has filed for a patent with
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| the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a modular operating system.
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| The title of Microsoft's patent applications is "System and method
| for delivery of a modular operating system."
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| [...]
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| Instead of releasing a complete operating system, Microsoft will
| fragment the product, delivering a universal and basic core OS, and
| allowing the users to built upon the nucleus OS with additional
| operating system segments. In this manner, users will be enabled
| to buy the fundamental Windows Modular operating system and then
| add components, capabilities, features, each fragment with its own
| price tag and license.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-To-Release-Modular-Operating-Systems-42462.shtml
Translation: We, Microsoft, admit that GNU/Linux did it the right way all along
we hereby proclaim that we invented GNU/Linux
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~~ Best of wishes
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