http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23852.html ) But doesn't this have rather strong implications for interoperability?
Yes. The whole next version of windows appears to be moving to a different architecture completely. I can see this happening in a future version of MS Windows:
* Boot the machine * Base OS boots up * I launch a program * The program is constructed from several modules which are downloaded and assembled on my machine on demand * I do work inside the program * I save a file * You finish with the program
The modules would be paid for on subscription or per use. Want to spell check your word document, that will be 50p please. Want to export your slide show from powerpoint for presentation, please insert your copyright protection information here (viewer can not see it with paying you a fee)
The process of file saving will not be local, but more likely on a central server. However with the lack of interest in "My Services" recently, causing it to change direction, I am unsure about this.
In other words, in the next version of MS Windows, you will have dumb terminals! But very fast dumb terminals :) And at this point, interoperability between MS and Linux would be purely academic. There would be no interface between them.
Do people agree with this, or do I have a distorted view of the future of the MS OS?
Ashley