Linkbait. Windows would have to be re-coded, which is easier with open-source.
After Announcing Plans To Destroy Microsoft Windows, HP CEO Pulls A Gutsy Move
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#22HP's claim isn't rediculous if you consider that they're not developing memristor tech to replace flash storage. They want to unify mass storage drives with DRAM. You do need an O.S. that can be partially rewritten, because the system can remain in the state where you switched it off. Richard Stanley Williams is the name to Google if you want insight into their roadmap.
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#23What, its not going to run PalmOS? I think someone should remind Meg that 70% of Enterprises run their infrastructure on Windows. Also, their laptops are terrible. Can they fix the stuff they already have?
I use an HP EliteBook 8570w every day. It's an excellent developer box. It's very fast, reliable, and easy to upgrade with off the shelf components and it's a very good value. Even with 24GB of RAM and 500GB SSD drive it's cheaper than a comparable Macbook and I can add another drive and increase the memory if I want; I also made these upgrades as I needed them. It's heavy and not as attractive as a Macbook or other aluminum framed notebooks (HP has those too though).
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#24HP-UX? Hps unix variant. It had some good features and some odd issues. One of my least favorite OSs. HPUX did have an add-on (Real Time Extensions?) to allow you to disable processor interrupts on select processors providing almost realtime mainframe(superdome) computing (some system calls were verboten in this mode). Of course a crash would mean a reboot. Grouping processes to processor sets (psrsets) was kind of n…
HPUX is light years ahead of Linux on workload management, seriously. HP have an amazing portfolio of OSs, HPUX, OpenVMS, Domain/OS, NonStop, etc. Linux is the lowest common denominator, in 2014 it's barely where these were in 1994...
I think your post needs a use case qualifier.
[For some server work] Linux is the lowest common denominator, in 2014 it's barely where these were in 1994...
What's the status of nvidia graphics support on all of those systems? Or laptop suspend support?
Re: After Announcing Plans To Destroy Microsoft Windows, HP CEO Pulls A Gutsy Move
#25I wonder what happened to their prior plans to destroy the iPad.
Leo happened ;)
Re: After Announcing Plans To Destroy Microsoft Windows, HP CEO Pulls A Gutsy Move
#26Seems like a pretty sensational article. Using open-source technology is not an attempt to "destroy Windows," and I wouldn't classify memristors as "new technology," since they've been around since 2008 [1].
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#27I've never used a piece of software from HP that I've thought was of any quality. We use several of their enterprise development tools where I work, due to an ancient contract and some political contrivances, and nobody is happy with them.
And don't even get me started on their printer ride-alongs. It's just a printer, HP. I don't need 10 programs to use it.
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#28"operating system research which we think has been dormant or stagnant for decades" Is as much of a dig on unix/linux as windows, is it not?
It's a sad fact that the two dominant OSs these days are a copy of Unix and the bastard child of VMS. I'd love to see some fresh approaches to this old problem.
Oh, the old comparison of Windows NT and VMS. I never thought that was fair by a long shot. Are there some actual real evidence of NT/VMS similarities other than some of the original team members?
EDIT: So you "really don't like Microsoft much". Maybe that's all I need to hear.
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#29This is link bait. HP is just doing what we used to do until the 90's, making an OS tied to the hardware to optimize things. They have done this before.
Banks are still heavily run off of mainframes and IBM Power servers that aren't standard x86 running Windows or GNU/Linux.
This isn't a plan to destroy Windows, I expect most of the market that would be interested in "the machine" is currently running a mainframe or some unix variant/clone right now.
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#30I don't want a "brand new operating system based on Linux". I just want it to be Linux.
When companies say stuff like this it usually just means their gonna help themselves to all of the great free stuff everyone contributed and then make their machine a thorn in the community's side with all kinds of binary blob drivers that only work with one kernel/release.