The future of Windows should be open source
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."
In typical Microsoft fashion, he continued: "You don't want this audience to abandon Windows, so it's important to remind them that Windows is still the most interesting operating system to develop for."
If I were to judge the future of Microsoft based on these two statements, we should look for another version of Windows in about five years. And while I agree there should be another version of Windows and Office, I will disagree with the business model. Forget about paying a couple hundred dollars for an operating system that is riddled with problems, the next version of Windows should be open source!
Wow, did I just say that?
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MS and Opensource...Not gonna happen.
Why? Because the fundamental business model of Microsoft is in direct contradiction to the concept of opensource. It won't work. Period.
MS will NEVER release the code to Windows or MS Office. Both solutions are their big money makers (at least 40% of their annual $$$$ they bring in).
They're a business. They have shareholders. They need to make money. For them to turn into an opensource company would require them to re-vamp themselves from the ground up. This is next to impossible for MS. That's fact.
re: The future of Windows
i thought vista was the last of the windows series? i guess i was wrong, but i'd encourage microsoft to release windows' source-code with the last version, but that, of course, would never happen, being the greedy corporate asshole that they are!
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re: future of windows
This guys article is a perfect example of why the mentally challenged should not be allowed to write tech articles.
Amazing how anyone can be so clueless to think that they've "out thunk" the hundreds of PhD's that staff Microsoft's steering division.
I'd love for this guy to show up to a MS stock holders meeting with his brilliant ideas - I've always been curious (in a purely theoretical manner) about how many pieces the human body can be torn into before it's re-classified as goop.
Hopefully his next article will be something more practical - like why Saudi Aramco would get richer by giving their product away for free.
re: future of windows
Attacking someone's person can hardly demonstrate his claims are wrong.
By the way there are many MS supporters that feel like if MS has shot his own foot publishing vista. You just have to visit forums around the web to convince yourself.
You don't need to ask MS stock holders, that is dumb.
re: Microsoft
What planet do you live on?
Microsoft exists ONLY to make it's stock holders money.
re: Microsoft
What planet do you live on?
Microsoft exists ONLY to make it's stock holders money.
As opposed to existing to make PCs usable. I rest my case.