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trc3

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Windows BSD????...
« on: 22 April 2002, 13:51 »
I dont know what to think of this...

 
quote:
 April 1, 2002

"Microsoft to base next generation OS on OpenBSD"

In a surprising development Microsoft stated today that it would
not be using the eight year old NT kernel in its next generation
operating system.  The new system, to be called Windows BSD, will
be based around the freely available OpenBSD operating system.



Read the whole story here:

http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&selm=a8a0ge%24653%241%40nsnmrro1-gest.nuria.telefonica-data.net&rnum=1

[ April 22, 2002: Message edited by: trc3 ]


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« Reply #1 on: 22 April 2002, 14:18 »
you know what happens on April the 1st don't you?   ;)

 
quote:
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer had the following to say: "As part of our
new commitment to security, we are developing the next Windows
product based upon OpenBSD.  We feel that OpenBSD's security record
fits well with our new proactive security model.  Furthermore, we
fully approve of the BSD license and encourage developers continue
to write similarly-licensed code and avoid the infernal GNU GPL."
When asked whether the decision to base the new Windows operating
system on OpenBSD had anything to do with the success of Apple's
BSD-based OS X, Ballmer exclaimed "There's nothing those Mac people
can do that we can't do better.  Microsoft has a long history with
Unix-like systems, dating back from our original development of
Xenix.  We are dedicated to providing the Windows experience to
Unix on the desktop."

That in itself should be enough to have tipped you off!

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« Reply #2 on: 22 April 2002, 14:19 »
God damn i didnt even look at the date...