There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it.
I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.
The definition of an 'operating system' is bound to evolve with customer demands and technological possibilities.
Microsoft has a monopoly over the desktop operating systems.
Because, you see, what I want to do is to commoditize the OS. I want to have access to all the applications that I need to do the things that I need to do, regardless.
People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird.
Linux people do what they do because they hate Microsoft.
When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows,' people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free.'
I think they should separate Microsoft's application group from its operating system group.