Comment I don't think he's talking about how to kill it.. (Score 1) 842
The idea is how Microsoft can make money off of linux.. And Dvorak's idea is to replace the windows
kernel with linux, and have all the device driver stuff interfacing with the windows layer, with linux running atop.. I don't think there would be a problem with this as the Operating System only offers stuff like hardware and software interrupts to the device drivers, there is little OS management there.. You could probably do it such that any operating system could interface with it.. And I'm not sure about how the GPL would be able to interfere.. All Microsoft has to do is offer up a good API, then develop open source implementations that allow linux to use the device driver API.. They could keep the Linux open source, but they could leverage the device drivers and devices.. Realistically, this is what they have done all along.. Its like freeing up the city only to dictate the ports of entry.
kernel with linux, and have all the device driver stuff interfacing with the windows layer, with linux running atop.. I don't think there would be a problem with this as the Operating System only offers stuff like hardware and software interrupts to the device drivers, there is little OS management there.. You could probably do it such that any operating system could interface with it.. And I'm not sure about how the GPL would be able to interfere.. All Microsoft has to do is offer up a good API, then develop open source implementations that allow linux to use the device driver API.. They could keep the Linux open source, but they could leverage the device drivers and devices.. Realistically, this is what they have done all along.. Its like freeing up the city only to dictate the ports of entry.
