Comments on: Hey Microsoft! Just Make Your Own Linux Distro!

By: LinuxElitE

LinuxElitE — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:29:49 +0000

haha you all think microsoft is a threat? funny. Apple is using a unix/linux core and they’re getting no heat for it. kinda funny/sad.

anyone can make their own distro its not hard. its just rather pointless.
if you wanna make ur own distro check this guide:
http://www.cyberpunkcafe.com/page.php?31

but seriously the only real purpose of microsoft teaming with Suse is so one day suse will be the first linux with a native MS Office suite that microsoft can profit from on the growing linux side.

By: Alucard-sama

Alucard-sama — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:07:49 +0000

I doubt many people would ever pick up Microsoft’s brand of Linux anyway.
After all, most people stupid enough to do so would wanna stick with windows anyway since it’s familiar, remember change makes stupid people scared. (That’s not saying that Windows users are stupid so nobody flame me over that).

There are two kinda of people that use Linux (its not quite so black and white but for the most part this is the case), those that use Linux because they hate Microsoft/think Linux/OSS is superior and those that do so for cost.
Both of these groups wouldn’t buy Microsoft Linux.

By: dev45

dev45 — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:50:05 +0000

I do not trust M$.
you better have the GPL perfect or they will find some way to screw the hole Linux community.

though even if Microsoft released windows under the GPL and spent $100 Million on Open Source development I still would not like them I have bin Screw by then to much I’m one of the people that got the your going to get sued because Linux infringes on our platens letters (MS. jerks).

By: Casey Stamper

Casey Stamper — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:04:23 +0000

I, unlike many people, don’t think that Microsoft is inherently evil. They’ve made sure that their OS(s) is/are installed on 98% of the systems out there and that is due to their partnerships w/the OEM vendors. Microsoft realized (as do vendors) that people will generally stick to something with which they are comfortable and even if the OS is not bug-free or easy to use, how many people out there have ever seen or used anything different? End-user awareness of alternative OSs is close to non-existent. I use personally use several Linux variants on a regular basis and have been for several years but frankly, I’m most comfortable w/MS.

By: Alan the Great

Alan the Great — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:28:31 +0000

Yes, if it wasn’t for them a whole lot of computer technology wouldn’t exist today. BTW, I have photos of my bottle rocket launcher prototype. You know you want one.

By: Rea Maor

Rea Maor — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:58:31 +0000

Yes, yes.. i know.. i’m just playing with you…
i’m not a great fan of Microsoft, but they do tend to make things easier.
It’s not necessarily a good thing, and it’s defiantly, errr… easier.

By: Alan the Great

Alan the Great — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:52:16 +0000

I meant individual tasks, such as installing or updating. The entire operating system would be a notorious clusterfuck, but parts of it would be useful.

By: Rea Maor

Rea Maor — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:41:28 +0000

“….They seem to be good at making things easier….”
I’ll have to disagree with you, the last system they made which was “Easier” was Windows 98 SE, and that was the last time I’ve used anything paid from them.

By: Alan the Great

Alan the Great — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:13:54 +0000

I’d love it if M$ did that. If nothing else, they’d make a reliable, open source auto-installer. They seem to be good at making things easier, and with open source they could become reliable.