One vote for GNU HURD!

No, I don't use the HURD. I just like the ideas behind it and wish it was usable right now.

You should have included Longhorn.

What is HURD?

I know i could google it, but I'm too f***ing lazy. :p

Damn it I forgot Longhorn. Are they starting over? Or are they using NT / 2000 / XP still? I know that they are gonna be using a whole hell lot of .NET, but I never thought about the kernel.

Can an admin please add longhorn? I don't have the correct permissions for some reason.

[url]www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html[/url]

I'm not sure if the kernel is a complete rewrite, but it's been recompiled to target .NET
It definitely deserves its own option.

I have to admit... .NET is pretty damn sweet...

It is.

Linux 2.6.x

I like whole kernal corn myself

Vote with CaveMan

I like Popcorn Kernel

why? I heard that it is technically a return to the 1970's era terminal and mainframe approcah, where all applications will be stored on a server and wil lbe run remotely from a terminal. If Microsoft starts using this on their notoriously unstable architecture, then God help us all if the MSword server breaks down and no one is able to type any documents b/c of it.

From what I've heard, .NET is a step backwards. computing technology has come a full circle and is back where it started from. All this is Ms's way of thwarting piracy-- however, if they just made their full-version apps easily affordable to the average college student/non-rich consumer, then piracy would no longer be practical. Why should the world be forced to go retro just b/c of pure corporate greed?

You heard wrong.

End of story.


.NET allows you to run applications remotely, yes, allowing the app a certain amount of resources to play with depending on your system configuration. However, applications you buy like Word, Visual Studio or Photoshop still run locally.

The biggest thing about .NET is the Common Language Runtime. All programs are compiled into a cross-platform and rather generic bytecode (MSIL) which can be converted very quickly to the native machinecode. IBM has been contracted to produce a port of the .NET Framework for UNIX.

By compiling the Windows kernel to MSIL, Microsoft will be able to run Windows (and all Windows applications) on any hardware configuration they choose, without any reconfiguration or recompilation.

For big companies that produce a version of their software for more than one platform this could save millions of dollars in development time and beta testing, and old applications will be able to take advantage of new hardware features without requiring a software update.

Kernel Sanders..

Oh.. wait...

You forgot VMS.

linux-2.4.26-gentoo-r9

You forgot the butter!

I voted NT/2000/XP, but Linux is a close second for me.

I wasn't too sure what to take. So I took Windows 2k.