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As I sit here perusing yet another article blasting Microsoft over the Vista debacle, I started to ponder the notion of Microsoft Linux.
You laugh!
Think about it, though. They could ditch all that legacy code and start, effectively, from scratch with a kernel already built. From there you create a graphics library to mimic the Windows UI, and write/port a bunch of device drivers to keep the home users happy. Then you make that your preferred server platform, selling both the OS and service. No more whining about crappy security and/or uptime issues because, hey, Linux. Eventually, you make it your preferred desktop platform as well.
Backwards compatibility? Either ditch it, or write an emulator, either from scratch or by contributing to the WINE project.
The OSS community would benefit as well because, hey, free drivers and an extra graphics library.
I guess the major issues would be licensing and politics and twenty other things I'm not thinking of at the moment. :)
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