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Simply leverage Virtual PC
Microsoft could start a new OS like Apple. Start the new OS and leverage its Virtual PC assets to run legacy Windows applications.
Posted by: setatakahashi@...   Posted on: 03/05/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Yes they should  jfp | 03/05/08
BZZZZT!!! Wrong Answer!!  aureolin@... | 03/06/08
Rethink it  shanedr | 03/06/08
good idea, built in XP, and DOS vitual machine, and create new os from  pcguy777 | 03/06/08
Gee, That sounds like what IBM did with OS/2  Update victim | 03/06/08
Isn't that a Mac with parallels or citrix?  royalef | 03/12/08
That would be sweet  tikigawd | 03/06/08
So Why Not Both?  drprodny | 03/06/08
Build in backwards compatibility  DNSB | 03/06/08
Minor??  stan@... | 03/06/08
Your problem, not consumer's...  hejcb | 03/06/08
Brilliant  tikigawd | 03/06/08
Brilliant?  maldain | 03/06/08
As Your Blind Adherence to MicroShaft Exposes YOUR Narrow-Mindedness  drprodny | 03/06/08
Adherence to what?  tikigawd | 03/11/08
Wrong.  stan@... | 03/07/08
The sky won't fall.  Larry the Security Guy | 03/06/08
No, it won't.  stan@... | 03/07/08
Hm. This is why it is wrong...  Jxn | 03/12/08
Microsoft should start over  cuulblu@... | 03/06/08
MS could EASILY start over....  bportlock | 03/05/08
Well Apple has done more than just change OS's  mrlinux | 03/05/08
Apple Schmapple  info@... | 03/06/08
Crabapple?  MultiPlatformer | 03/24/08
Clueless?  LiquidLearner | 03/05/08
your last sentence is the most important  bish023@... | 03/05/08
Learn to read....  bportlock | 03/05/08
You are clueless  pauliusp | 03/05/08
Something like 80% of all businesses  frgough | 03/05/08
Sorry, but you don't know small businesses  mwtimpe@... | 03/06/08
What?  giltjr@... | 03/06/08
OS Inertia  BRedmond@... | 03/06/08
Your mostly Right ^_^  macrocosm@... | 03/06/08
All too hard  ForestRacer | 03/06/08
Please, read before answer  Jxn | 03/12/08
Learn to read...  bportlock | 03/05/08
File formats are not even an issue.  stan@... | 03/06/08
Okay...  Average-IT-Guy | 03/06/08
You haven't noticed...  vulpine@... | 03/06/08
Vulpine  tikigawd | 03/06/08
Tiki...  vulpine@... | 03/06/08
That's why  Jxn | 03/12/08
No, he isn't  Jxn | 03/12/08
Freakin' Clueless  Wolfie2K3 | 03/06/08
You are so -80th  Jxn | 03/12/08
The problem is not buying  alaniane@... | 03/06/08
Then of course, M$ could build a secure OS  Update victim | 03/06/08
They have  top100developers | 03/06/08
ROFLMAO (NT)  Update victim | 03/06/08
You can't  Jxn | 03/12/08
Uh... Right.  Wolfie2K3 | 03/06/08
Simply leverage Virtual PC  setatakahashi@... | 03/05/08
Now that makes sense.  Palmetto | 03/05/08
Makes too much sense  brittonv | 03/05/08
You missed his point  Jxn | 03/12/08
That was my first thought  jred | 03/05/08
Leverage VPC  dnof | 03/05/08
Leverage Virtualization  schmandel@... | 03/06/08
Couldn't have said it better.  binaryspiral | 03/06/08
We have to do that now with Vista  arkware | 03/06/08
My customers will ask  stan@... | 03/06/08
No, they wont  Jxn | 03/12/08
Leverage HyperVisor  Drew F. | 03/06/08
Emulation, not viritualization  Jxn | 03/12/08
They already started over  fazalmajid | 03/05/08
"WINDOWS NT-OS/2"  Update victim | 03/06/08
Dot Net COULD be a "new start".  Steve Summers | 03/05/08
Singularity is not a "proof of concept"  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 03/05/08
This is a good thing  jpr75_z | 03/05/08
I can answer one of those questions.  Palmetto | 03/05/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  Matt Bolyard | 03/05/08
MS could start over and be in market in a year.  TripleII | 03/05/08
..in less than a year.  TripleII | 03/05/08
But Where's The Lock-in?  dumptux | 03/05/08
Apple is all about the vendor lock-in  GuidingLight | 03/05/08
Read My Comment More Carefully  dumptux | 03/06/08
Windows is fine or everybody have Stockholm syndrome  setatakahashi@... | 03/05/08
Huh?  vulpine@... | 03/06/08
microsoft, or aka microstiff!  astancius@... | 03/06/08
That was  Ole Man | 03/06/08
it's just a failed M$ project  Linux Geek | 03/05/08
Message has been deleted.  James T. Kirk | 03/05/08
It's my belief that solution is code emulation...  JohnMcGrew@... | 03/05/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  What_the | 03/05/08
Just support both OSs  coffeeshark | 03/05/08
Windows on life support.  Hates Idiots | 03/05/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  Tom in Toronto | 03/05/08
No need  jorjitop | 03/05/08
LOL!  GuidingLight | 03/05/08
Not quite..  vmaatta | 03/06/08
Only the Shadow knows !  rtirman37@... | 03/05/08
Legacy Lies  rtb | 03/05/08
Of course MS could do it.  frgough | 03/05/08
Maybe Microsoft can succeed where OS/2 failed....  sean_hando@... | 03/05/08
Most of OS/2's death  frgough | 03/05/08
You must be talking about the original OS/2  Update victim | 03/06/08
OS/2 died because of cheap hardware  setatakahashi@... | 03/05/08
My office used OS/2 & Windows on same machines....  sean_hando@... | 03/05/08
Move over MS , its a big (cyber) playground ...  herrwitt | 03/05/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  ewyatt | 03/05/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  X41 | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  X41 | 03/06/08
First paragraph is illogical  ejb78923 | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  LVKen7 | 03/06/08
A bit to Late for the Cause  Headspin | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  schmandel@... | 03/06/08
its actually simple  billw1234 | 03/06/08
correct!  richvball44 | 03/09/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  tony@... | 03/06/08
RE: ReactOS - Better Windows than Windows  JoeRJr | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  r_m_kirby@... | 03/06/08
Brings to mind  Ole Man | 03/06/08
Windows OS  dmhunter@... | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  atari8bit@... | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  salliemander63@... | 03/06/08
Let's look at this thing logically  vulpine@... | 03/06/08
OS/2 Warp  wolfsouls | 03/06/08
What's the point?  Skippy GG | 03/06/08
I wish all I needed was a good browser  wolfsouls | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  wolfsouls | 03/06/08
If only there existed an OS that...  PhilippeV | 03/06/08
Good points.  wolfsouls | 03/06/08
we can always dream.. lets take one issue  a.barry@... | 03/07/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  smarmybastard | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  srobbins@... | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  hejcb | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  me@... | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  Keywalker4God | 03/06/08
IF Microsoft were smart it would be here already  tomam | 03/06/08
it's easy to do. Especially when you are rich  adr5@... | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  bobwinners | 03/06/08
They may as well start over...  D. W. Bierbaum | 03/06/08
Microsoft should publish the code ...  tracy anne | 03/06/08
Re-Invent the Wheel...  Marty R. Milette | 03/06/08
Let's write an OS  BALTHOR | 03/06/08
Write an OS  DNSB | 03/06/08
Linux? Really?  sami_mina_@... | 03/06/08
Ya! Rly!  Mitch 74 | 03/10/08
Window ME isn't W2K, and XP isn't Vista..  JCitizen | 03/11/08
Re: Linux? Really?  gdltek1 | 03/26/08
Windows hint from Linux.  jcjones7@... | 03/09/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  yquinty@... | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  rrucker@... | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  steve@... | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  kevsan | 03/06/08
Why Not?????  Narg | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  rarsa | 03/06/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  victor.duncker@... | 03/07/08
Sooner MS dies the better!  wwwsupport | 03/07/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  slim@... | 03/07/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  jrussell29@... | 03/07/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  clifford.felder@... | 03/09/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from scratch  steve6375 | 03/12/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  Jxn | 03/12/08
A Non Programmers Perspective  CutTheBloat | 03/13/08
Sorry  CutTheBloat | 03/13/08
You're a fool  Spiritusindomit@... | 03/21/08
RE: Microsoft plays with new non-Windows OS; If only it could start from sc  Starfire77 | 03/26/08
QUite difficult baby....ha ha...:)  jimmijames_arrow | 04/01/08

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