Microsoft R&D Looks To A World Without Windows
Posted 08/10/08 at 11:06:38 PM by Justin Kerr
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It’s hard to imagine Windows, or some other rich operating system not being at the center of my digital word. But then again, 10 years ago it was hard to imagine having a digital world at all. Intense speculation over the future cloud computing and the explosion of platform agnostic web applications has lead Microsoft to officially kick off the new R&D project, code named Midori. Midori would be a cut back operating system that would be capable of keeping up with the pace of rapid innovation in a post Windows world. The biggest shift for Midori would be the move away from operating systems tied to a single PC. By contrast, the Windows platform is traditionally locked down to a particular set of hardware and trying to keep consistency across multiple PC’s or electronic devices is already proving to be a burden. Midori would free users from these shackles and recognizes that users of the future will be increasingly mobile. Midori is widely seen as an ambitious attempt by Microsoft to catch up in the field of virtualization, an emerging trend in the computer industry. Users of the future will want a small, lightweight operating system they can take with them and use as a virtual client. The biggest challenge for Microsoft will be how it would cope financially without Windows. Michael A. Silver, a distinguished analyst at Gartner is quoted as saying “If Windows ends up being less important over time as applications become more OS agnostic where will Microsoft make its money?". Though it has yet to be officially confirmed, rumor has it that Midori will be the successor to Singularity, which is the OS following Windows 7. Though, with predictions this far into the future, I would recommend a consultation with your magic 8 ball before you place any bets.
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Submitted by laner399 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 10:30am
Maybe you can get better information from your magic 8 ball! I read the singular whitepaper and all it appears to be is the new compiler for the newer window$ down the road, it's main features are better integration with Java code and a new built in features for OS integration (which is one of the weak points of window$ as is appearant from poorly integrated hardware drivers crashing the system 85% of the time, according to M$), and may be M$'s approach to fixing a few of it's serious serious problems. How Midori became associated with Singular, I cant make the connection, because there is none in the said article's cited documents! Once again someone is talking straight from their ass!
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Submitted by laner399 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 10:52am
Of course it's not their fault-- M$ uses alot of double talk. Technically singular is a RDK (research development kit) or compiler system that is in heavy development, then some M$onkey desided to call it a research OS (it can run in it's own shell appearantly, but I can guarantee that any compiler+shell OS is NOT going to be user friendly!!!), and some clueless blogger threw in the word "Midori" on top of that!! Sounds like a recipie for a verry sensational, verry confusing, and verry abiguous Press explosion, that just makes no sense what so ever...
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Submitted by laner399 on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 6:37am
Maybe Midori isn't so Window$, after all. Here is the Unix term defintion for "Midori", retreived from the Debian packaging blurb:
Midori is a lightweight web browser based on WebKit. . Among its features: . * Full integration with GTK+2. * Fast rendering with WebKit. * Tabs, windows and session management. * Bookmarks are stored with XBEL. * Searchbox based on OpenSearch. * User scripts and user styles support.
Webkit!!?? That's apples controlled mobile technology!! I think that your blogger is full of it, or else M$ is taking cues from apples to save it's mobile segment, and your blogger misinterpret some M$ memo, and is still full full of it. Better be carefull MPC, weigh your sources carefully.
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