posted on Monday, May 24, 2004 11:33 AM
by
demiliani
Longhorn and the doors to outside world...
I've just finished reading the interesting question posted today on JoeUser by Draginol: Longhorn: Will Microsoft keep the door open?
The author is alerted because Longhorn looks like it could be made into the most proprietary operating system ever. One in which only Microsoft can extend or do anything meaningful to it.
I don't think so... Longhorn will be a totally improved OS but the MS politics will remain the same. I agree that MS says that nearly half of reported crashes of its OS are caused by third party programs, but it's impossible to think that, in order to have a more stable OS, Microsoft will close the door to the outside world.
I think it's counterproductive and dangerous also for MS. Third parties tools will be available also for Longhorn and OS customization will be improved.
Thinking on a "world isolated" system is out of my mind and the last signals that comes out from MS are totally for the integration.