Comment on Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform
dustyData@lemmy.world 1 month agoIsn’t it ironic? The only Microsoft product that makes money consistently is based on Linux.
Comment on Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform
dustyData@lemmy.world 1 month agoIsn’t it ironic? The only Microsoft product that makes money consistently is based on Linux.
dragontology@retrofed.com 1 month ago
Meanwhile, their biggest competitor is either Linux or UNIX. That is, if you accept that macOS “is UNIX.” It’s been UNIX certified for a couple years now, but it’s UNIX in name only. While Steve Jobs’ NeXTStep was based on UNIX, NeXTStep was also vapourware. Still, it became OS X which became the macOS we know and love (or hate) today. But the truth is, it’s UNIX 3 certified, which is a decades-old certification, and it only just barely makes that. So it’s a thing Mac users brag about. “A UNIX system! I know this!” Jurassic Park meme. And then of course there’s Linux. And of course Windows has the Linux subsystem. Still, non-*nix is going the way of the dodo, just like Win9x did when Microsoft realised WinNT was the future. First with the tranwreck that was WinME, but much more importantly with WinXP. And NT was good, but its time is up (or will be soon).