Story: Linux kernel: Moving closer to Windows?
Posted by: Matt Loney (Friday 2 July 2004, 11:22 AM)
I'll put my hands up to the VMS Unix slip-up. We should have spotted that one - as it is we have corrected it. However, I think it's unfortunate that some readers seem to have failed to have spot the cues at the top of the story that were intended to clearly indicated that Russinovich lives on the Microsoft side of the divide.
A story like this is always approached in the knowledge that some readers will confuse the subject's opinions with those of ZDNet. Many individuals at ZDNet UK are in fact big fans of Linux, FreeBSD and other non-Microsoft software. Some of us have done our fair share of programming (I'm no stranger to assembler code myself).
But when we're reporting news, we try to leave that behind and focus on what the subject is saying. Of course the article is greatly simplified; it is an overview of what I took pains to point out was a highly technical presentation, not an attempt to examine every line.
The point is that this was a large presentation delivered to several thousand people; the gist of which is that the Linux kernel is getting closer to the Windows kernel in some respects. I do not pretend to have an opinion on that in this piece - otherwise it would not be news. But I do feel it worth reporting so that a wider audience can appreciate (or not!) some of what was said at Tech Ed and have a chance to debate it outside of Microsoft's conference.
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Story: Linux kernel: Moving closer to Windows?
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One good thing about this artcle is that it reveil... Lindsey Rockwell -
Haha. It is amazing that the people who write thes... Andy Potter
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Microsoft owns ZDNet
That's the only reasonable ex... Marc Martin
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"Windows, said Russinovich, owes a great deal to a... Matthew Foerman
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The article says, and I quote:
Meanwhile Linux, n... Christos Dimitrakakis
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-sigh- another one bites the bling...
It's a shame... Lance Kalzus
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In some features sure... Why not?
In many others... Anonymous
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"one of the creators of Digital's VMS Unix operati... Anonymous
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Bad technical article. As the article quotes a guy... Jeff Davies
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"Windows, said Russinovich, owes a great deal to a... Russell Conner
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I tend to agree with the idea that windows is movi... Anonymous
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Heck - Linux closer to windows? Wait, now windows... pepe
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He has absolutely no clue what he's talking about:... Michael
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If the linux operating system is approaching windo... Ben Dischinger
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More FUD and lousy editing. I remember why I stopp... JMc
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I'm like... lost of words by the sheer bullshit wr... Anonymous
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This guy really know nothing...
He is comparing th... Carlos Perilla
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Well except the fact that one of the kernels has a... ray klassen
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what kind of article is this? it's totally mixing... Mike Johnson
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If we accept this as true (and it is not), the mai... No more salves
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Maybe this article reveals that M$ is making is ug... Swann Tereo
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More FUD.
Microsoft products are nothing even clos... Stephen Kuhn
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How can you have an opinion...
without seeing the... Alan Peery
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When journalism becomes little more then a means o... Jon Spanos
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Hahaha ZDnet at it again.
This _IS_ the most reta... Anonymous
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The author is certainly moving closer to BULL SHIT... Aj
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I'll put my hands up to the VMS Unix slip-up. We s... Matt Loney -
point taken!. I think it is better to publish thes... Hassan moallin
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A lot of you guys/gals fail to note that this arti... Robin Strahan
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Hmmm....
doing a graphical operation on Windows in... Tim Wright
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The Linux kernel is far superior to the NT kernel.... Nicholas Donovan
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Dave Cutler was a VMS contributor in the early day... Anonymous
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RE: Russinovich tech ability
Mark Russinovich is t... Anonymous
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ASUS just told today INTEL take your chips... Ajit Arora
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This doesn't make any sense. Even though Russinov... Ryan Thoryk
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All these comments are nothing more than over... Your Momma -
Kernel Windowing...
The creator of the Minix OS (A... Ryan Thoryk
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Some notes to those who write about how unsta... Adam Sandor
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Windows NT 3.0 was monolithic instead of mic... X Microsofty
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I'm disappointed . . .
that a website with a long... Craig Crabtree
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I only access ZDNet to have a laugh or two when an... Anonymous
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windoze have SMP kernel? tygr
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Well folks! Don't forget that this is from ZDnet,... Anonymous
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Dont forget who Russinovitch is. He is a major win... ximmoto
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My previous comment left too much unsaid:
Linux an... Max Lybbert
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I'll never understand why X keeps getting dragged... Lance Boyle
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Are any of the kiddies whacking this article over... Vance Shearer
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Windows' bad ideas:
1. The GUI can't be stopp... Win Doe
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To the last thing in the prevoius commen... Adam Sándor -
This must be part of the "Get the facts campaign"... German Krackow
