Advanced

The future of Windows should be open source

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 5 comments
CNET News.com; By Don Reisinger 		Mail this story
Print this story

In a recent interview with Microsoft's COO Kevin Turner, the executive was asked about the future of Windows. In response, Turner had this to say: "Certainly, this last year has been an unprecedented year for Vista and Office and the launch," Turner said. "And we are still committed to the desktop. There will be another release and launch of a Vista-type operating system. [And] there will be another release of Office."

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story; Groups: Microsoft

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

Comments (5)

another what?

nikkels ·
"""There will be another release and launch of a Vista-type operating system. [And] there will be another release of Office." """"

Does he mean SP1 SP2 and SP3 ? or a re-write of the present failure. Do we have to upgrade our hardware .a g a i n ?
herzeleid ·
> Do we have to upgrade our hardware .a g a i n ?

LOL, speak for yourself, I run linux.
jezuch ·
My first thought was: "just one?" [like in "Last Action Hero" movie: "Just one gun, Jack?"]

This will never happen.

phsolide ·
Think about it. Even if the rumors about NT including the BSD TCP/IP stack, and that NT was originally DEC's "Micah" operating system aren't true, then somebody else's code is in NT for sure. Microsoft has too much history (Stacker anyone?) of misappropriating code for NT to be squeaky-clean enough to open-source.

Also, all the Windows "favorite ones", the companies and gurus that have had access to source, would just freak out. Their Secret Advantage would disappear, and they'd have to compete on merit.

It'll never happen.
jezuch ·
Well, they could go the Sun's and Java's way and release everything except the encumbered parts. Like - BSOD code, or sth... That won't be much, yeah, but still...

Post a comment

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post