In the interest of those without beards... so, what happened? -- William Park <opengeometry@yahoo.ca> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 06:30:08PM -0400, William Porquet via talk wrote:
Didn't Microsoft own Xenix eventually?
"Microsoft hopes that XENIX will become the preferred choice for software production and exchange", the company stated in 1981.[8] Microsoft referred to its own MS-DOS as its "single-user, single-tasking operating system",[31] and advised customers that wanted multiuser or multitaskingsupport to buy Xenix.[31][32] It planned to over time improve MS-DOS so it would be almost indistinguishable from single-user Xenix, or XEDOS, which would also run on the 68000, Z8000, and LSI-11; they would be upwardly compatible with Xenix, which BYTE in 1983 described as "the multi-user MS-DOS of the future." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix#History
On 18 April 2018 at 18:14, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
| From: James Knott via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | | What's this? Microsoft developing a Linux based OS?? | | https://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsoft-says-its-new-linux-based-os-will-secure-iot-devices-for-a-decade/?ftag=TRE684d531&bhid=12825460 | | It's amazing the changes at Microsoft, since Bill & Steve left.
If they can deliver what they promise, it's a very interesting offering.
Most embeded software is "fire and forget". As a customer, one cannot expect support longevity in IoT devices these days. But it is really important.
Not many companies could make that 10 year promise believable. I wish it were from a more disinterested company.
I currently have this queued in my MP3 player: "(In)Security in Home Embedded Devices" <https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/06/gettys> Still fresh after four years.
I got to it from Getty's blog: <https://gettys.wordpress.com/> --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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