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 <[email protected]> wrote: > | From: James Knott via talk <[email protected]> > | > | 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 > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- William Porquet, M.A. ⁂ mailto:[email protected] ⁂ http://www.2038.org/ "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them." (Isaac Asimov) --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
