Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new IoT service

Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by minor3rd on Monday April 16, 2018 @09:01PM (#16854496)

> I'd have thought that impossible a couple of decades ago.

Me too. Good thing Google exists now :)

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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by tyingq on Monday April 16, 2018 @09:07PM (#16854527)

Ah, see what you did there. But 1998 is pretty close to a "couple of decades". And, I do trust MS more than I trust them now.

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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by caf on Monday April 16, 2018 @10:29PM (#16854951)

1998 is in fact precisely a "couple of decades ago".

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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by minor3rd on Monday April 16, 2018 @09:25PM (#16854634)

Mostly goofing with you. But it is kind of crazy to think 20 years ago, nobody knew about a thing called "Google".

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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by tyingq on Monday April 16, 2018 @09:57PM (#16854779)

Don't mind the goofing. Which entity scares you more though?

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