lpq wrote:
if there's ever a need they could do like apple which uses the linux kernel and then build everything on top of it
Although it's been said before, Apple uses the Mach Kernel with BSD.
I agree though, that MS would take the Kernel, and as a result Kernel Development would advance considerably. What would also happen is that MS then implement their own proprietary DOS shell, and would then develop their own proprietary lib's, bin's, and api's, abandon X11 for their own UI/Desktop, and would more or less continue on in the same direction that they have been. They'd probably change the entire directory structure, and utilise NTFS.
What could happen in the Linux community because of this is that NTFS support would be greatly improved, however Linux boxes would most likely have problems with windows viruses ,spyware,worms and all the other crap associated with the dominant OS being based on Linux.
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