Created Mon 5th Jan 2:01am PST by 
jmd2009
jmd2009 Will Microsoft announce it's own open source end user OS by 2010?
Background: Could it be?! Did Microsoft open its mind to the need of completely rewriting the Microsoft OS as we know it? Are we facing a new era at Microsoft as we were when they first started? Even that I seriously doubt it, I surely hope so, for the sake of us all.
Microsoft Selling Suse/Linux does not count. I mean an official windows product with a "start button", sold by Microsoft, running on an open source operating system.
Microsoft Selling Suse/Linux does not count. I mean an official windows product with a "start button", sold by Microsoft, running on an open source operating system.
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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| Yes, a variant of Singularity. As Open Source. |
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| NO, a variant of Singularity. Proprietary |
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| NO, a variant of MSDOS/WindowsNT, Proprietary. |
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| Yes, a variant of Linux. As Open Source. Not Suse. |
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| Yes, a variant of BSD. As Open Source. Not Suse. |
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| Yes, As Open Source. Not Suse. |
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- Predictions: 25 |
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Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 11:59pm PST (5 weeks to go)
Initial likelihoods: Yes, a variant of Singularity. As Open Source.: 1%, NO, a variant of Singularity. Proprietary: 1%, NO, a variant of MSDOS/WindowsNT, Proprietary.: 93%, Yes, a variant of Linux. As Open Source. Not Suse.: 1%, Yes, a variant of BSD. As Open Source. Not Suse.: 3%, Yes, As Open Source. Not Suse.: 1%
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Created Mon 5th Jan 2:01am PST by jmd2009
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bipedprimate
predicted NO, a variant of Singularity. Proprietary (H$5 at 1%)
aussieguy
chathu_e
jgordon3
predicted NO, a variant of MSDOS/WindowsNT, Proprietary. (H$20 at 93%)
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