Despite the profound changes in the IT market, the emergence of mobility, the decline in the PC market, Microsoft who turns 40 today is here and there. Including through Windows continues to reign supreme in the personal computer market. But today, the Microsoft quadra about upsetting his philosophy, his DNA?
The company has developed its model. Free updates for Windows 10 users of Windows 7 and 8 is a profound change in the economic model of the editor, which shifts the sale of licenses at the heart of its business.
it could still evolve towards more openness. Microsoft would be prepared to raise one of his last taboos make Windows open source? Yesterday thought the devil incarnate, open source could it be a model for the giant?
It is a statement of the technical director of Microsoft Azure, Mark Russinovich, who threw the disorder. To the question, Windows can it be open to the community, the manager replied: “It is clearly possible It is a new Microsoft.”
It must be said that Microsoft must be pragmatic.. Open source environments are now everywhere: in smartphones, servers, development, embedded systems. And the group is already trying some approaches, precisely within Azure virtual servers with Linux or through .NET whose code is open. Its business model, increasingly subscription-based, also calls towards more openness.
From there to make Windows fully open, there is a big step, that surely will take years to happen (or not matter). But the change in tone seems officially recorded it.
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