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Microsoft May Scrap Windows for Midori

by , 9:20 AM EDT, July 31st, 2008

Microsoft's long in the tooth Windows operating system may finally have a successor in the works code named Midori. The Redmond-based company isn't publicly saying what Midori entails, but information that has managed to find its way out indicates it could be a componentized OS built from a completely new code base, according to SD Times.

Apparently Midori is based on the Singularity OS developed by Microsoft Research and could let users move from device to device without reinstalling applications or moving documents.

While breaking free from the chains of the Windows legacy could help Microsoft develop less confusing and complex applications, there is a chance that this new OS will still rely on Windows in some way. It could, for example, be hosted on the Windows Hyper-V hypervisor, or run as a hosted Windows process.

There isn't any word from Microsoft yet on if -- or when -- Windows will be retired in favor of something newer. Since developing and transitioning to a new operating system, like Apple did when it moved from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X, takes years, don't expect to see a Windows Vista successor any time soon.

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Close Name:DCJ001 Posts: 8 Joined: 02 Oct 2007
Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:04 am Subject: Midori

MIDORI is the beautiful green color liqueur with refreshing and fruity taste of melon.


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Close Name:Guest
Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:21 am Subject: Tried it with Longhorn/Vista

The customer base balked at having to steal new software to run on a new OS.
M$ gave in and made the New Coke version of Windows. Actually New Coke was a great move that propelled Coke to the top after it released Classic.

Windose users are happier with an ancient OS instead of a shiny new eye candy version. Could work to improve M$ profits.


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Close Name:Sir Harry Flashman Posts: 792 Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:49 am Subject: Entrenched

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Guest wrote:
The customer base balked at having to steal new software to run on a new OS.
M$ gave in and made the New Coke version of Windows. Actually New Coke was a great move that propelled Coke to the top after it released Classic.

Windose users are happier with an ancient OS instead of a shiny new eye candy version. Could work to improve M$ profits.


Windows is entrenched.There are vertical market programs that may need to be rewritten/upgraded, new hardware to purchase to run Midori, things that businesses would be hesitant to do.

I did a Google search on Midori. There is a Midori Linux program already, I wonder if that would be a problem. Who had the name first


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Close Name:algr Posts: 296 Joined: 07 Aug 2003
Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:50 pm Subject: They'll call it "OS E"

Midori is probably a development name, like longhorn. They'll call it "OS E", just to show how original they are.


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Close Name:burreyeann Posts: 1144 Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:00 pm Subject:

This article talks about Midori and other cloud based OS's. This article talks about the way U.S. ISP's are moving toward metered broadband. Put the 2 together and it spells trouble. Back in the day thin clients were seen as less than desirable, now it seems to be all the rage everyone is talking about. You can keep your cloud based computing. I want my data and applications in my hands, not on some server.


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Close Name:xmattingly Posts: 266 Joined: 31 Jul 2007
Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:25 pm Subject: Naming scheme

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algr wrote:
Midori is probably a development name, like longhorn. They'll call it "OS E", just to show how original they are.
Maybe they should call it "OS Y"... with respect to the normal troubleshooting scenarios PC owners go through: "Why, god??! Why? WHY?!?"


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