Open Source Windows; Θα μπορούσε η Microsoft μία μέρα να ανοίξει τον κώδικα (open source) των Windows; Στο ετήσιο congress ChefConf, ο συντονιστής του πάνελ και συντάκτης του Wired, Cade Μετς, ρώτησε τον CTO του Azure, Mark Russinovich ακριβώς αυτό.Το κοινό φυσικά χειροκρότησε με ενθουσιασμό την ερώτηση πριν ακόμα δοθεί μαι απάντηση. Προς έκπληξη όλων, το στέλεχος της Microsoft απάντησε θετικά.
"It's definitely possible," Russinovich was quoted as saying TechFlash. "It's a new Microsoft. We literally have every conversation you can imagine about the future of our software: open, non-open, services. ”
We don't know exactly how the question was phrased, but it's an idea that Microsoft may one day present functional open source, or at least a part of its operating system is not as unlikely as it seemed a few years ago.
Microsoft seems to be constantly supplying more and more open source projects of its software and has more than 1.000 software repositories on GitHub. Her biggest related announcement companywas that he not only plans to open source .NET, the software that powers Windows, but also that he plans to make it cross-platform for Mac and Linux.
For the time being at least, Microsoft will not make Windows open-source. The company just seems to recognize that it is a choice, and this in itself is a very big step, since until a while ago it looked like a science fiction scenario.
However, open-source software is often closely associated with it free software, but this is not always the case, nor is it required. Microsoft could one day make Windows free and focus on other parts of the company.
In fact, many believe that the company is moving in that direction anyway. The company has already promised free upgrades to Windows 10 for one year to those who bought Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1.
The company offers free copies even to pirates, though it will not support them. We certainly do not know what will happen in the future, but the statements and commitments of the company show that it really is a new Microsoft.
