when they decide to release MS Office for Linux, then I will take my hat off, until then it is barely worth of mentioning anything.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostI'm also serious. They don't really have much reason to develop their own kernel anymore. Windows does not need any "killer feature", it's either already a monopoly or completely out of the market.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostThey don't need the NT kernel to run Office and MSspyware(tm)
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Originally posted by timrichardson View Post
Yes, this is easy for Microsoft. They will probably use it to add value for Microsoft users, such as profile management (bookmarks, passwords, tab and search history).
It is really good for desktop linux. imagine in two or three years time saying to a Windows user that they can use Edge on Ubuntu. That is, the application that the average Windows user spends the most time with (which will be Edge) is on desktop Linux. This is a huge branding moment for desktop linux, if Microsoft does a good job.
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Originally posted by DebianXFCE Jr View PostDepends on economy of whole operation: money + development time.
What is most cost-effective is fire everyone involved but keep everything critical on life support (i.e. security patches only), and milk the market until it's dry, Oracle-style.
CEO needs to decide will it pay off to make a switch or support current source code.
I'm just assuming that Nadella isn't Oracle-grade comic book villain and will choose the better of the two options.
uploading Server source code to github
Also if you think Server is more than Windows 10 with a few minor things enabled and a GUI server management application I have some news for you.Last edited by starshipeleven; 06 November 2019, 09:38 AM.
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Originally posted by torsionbar28 View PostDon't forget the internet server space. Linux was a hobbyist OS not that long ago.
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Originally posted by pracedru View PostWill it be distributed via Snap, Flatpak or appimage?
I uninstalled Chromium for Chrome because Chromium is not available anymore in the Ubuntu repository or in a ppa. It's just a secondary browser for when uBlock is preventing comment sections to be displayed.
I don't want flatpaks or snaps, it kind of is like a msi and it defeats one of the purposes of why I moved away from Windows 12 years ago.
Anyway, I couldn't care less about Edge on Linux, as I don't trust Microsoft to be able to offer good products anymore. 99.9% of the time I get pissed at work for a software not working properly, crashing or lacking basic features, it's a Microsoft product.
But I guess it's good for developers.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostWhat is most cost-effective is fire everyone involved but keep everything critical on life support (i.e. security patches only), and milk the market until it's dry, Oracle-style.
It does, as once they have done the switch (and I mean a mostly-full switch, not just the kernel) they can fire a ton of people that is now unnecessary.
Also if you think Server is more than Windows 10 with a few minor things enabled and a GUI server management application I have some news for you.
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