Is Microsoft Borrowing A Page From Linux?
The recipe for Windows is simple: get day-to-day applications, add networking, open the software up to other programs, make sure you’ve got a GUI and you’ve got yourself an operating system. Sure, the formula’s oversimplified, but you get the idea. What would you do if you were given the choice to use software like Linux? It seems like Microsoft is looking into that idea with a recent survey. Excerpts:
It’s possible that Microsoft is considering its own version of something comparable to Linux package management systems. For those that don’t use Linux, think of it like a Windows Update for all your software. Microsoft recently sent out a survey to Windows 7 beta participants, asking them various questions regarding “a single place for finding and managing updates for the programs on my PC.”
Participants were asked to rate things like installing programs, find applications to be used on computers, schedule updates and uninstall software. The more obscure questions were about blocking programs from unverified publishers, installing programs without computer usage interruption, putting software on USB keys and the like. Hit the source for the full set. Whatever Microsoft is up to, it’s certainly taking a step away from the conventions that it’s used to.
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