Microsoft sees era windows has ended

Microsoft has a research project to create software that will assume when they are in Windows.

Called Midori, lowering the operating system is quite different from Microsoft, older programs.

It focuses on the Internet and ends with a unit on one Windows PC.

That is Microsoft, in response to its rivals use of “virtualization” as a way to solve the many problems of modern computers.

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Despite Midori was presented today heard that more detailed information has already been published in Software Development Times After see internal documents from Microsoft technology to describe.

Midori such Cree, which is in development for Windows is unlikely to be able to cope with the pace of future changes in technology and how people use it.

Windows works well at a time when most people, machines, to make all of its work. The operating system as a holder for the common elements of Windows applications for sex.

“If you think about how the operating system boots,” said Dave Austin, director of European products Citrix, is loaded onto the hard disk is physically on the computer.

“The operating system is very closely related to hardware,” he said.

However, of all types of blocks, as a result of collecting devices in particular machine.

If Windows ends up being less important over time as applications become more OS agnostic where will Microsoft make its money?

Michael Silver, Gartner

This means, he said that Windows can deal with the more modern forms of work in which people are highly mobile and very promiscuous of the devices they use to secure their data – is that the photos, spreadsheets or e-mail.

In addition, he said, when people work, or, now plays, they did so with a combination of data and processes take place locally or in one of a number of other sites on the Internet.

Asked about Midori BBC News, Microsoft, a statement that said: “Midori is one of many ongoing projects in incubation Microsoft. This is simply a matter of incubation time too early to talk about it.”

Virtual Machines

Midori is widely seen as ambitious attempts by Microsoft to keep abreast of the work of virtualization is the implementation of the entire computer industry.

Darren Brown, data center consulting company Avanade, said virtualization was the first in the data centers of companies with a large number of servers to manage.

Delivery of applications such as e-mail engine or database on the computer on all kinds of problems if the machines were held maintenance, should be required to update or security patch should be applied.

Putting virtual servers on a single physical box, the company managed to reduce the number of machines and managed to get more of them, “he said.

“The real savings is in the management of physical equipment and licences,” he said. “Physically, there is less tin with a handle.”

In addition, Mr. Brown said if the natural use of virtual server can not be easily transferred to another team.

“The same applies to the benefits of a PC,” he said. “In the Microsoft environment, we have fought for years with applications that are written so much that they are not the way to work with others.

“Virtualization, which several new solutions to traditional problems,” he said.

Many companies are still very old applications with the latest operating system is not implemented, “he said. By the virtual machine on a computer, software older can stay one step ahead.

The virtual machine, as the name, is a copy of the software computer operating system and related programs.

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“On the desktop, we human beings, they are important to understand the actual desktop hardware,” said Dan Chu, vice president of new products and markets specialist on virtualization VMWare.

Some virtual machines, “he said, as a Windows PC and practical purposes. But many now VMS new songs for industry, sector or workplace.

“People have their applications, operating system you want to use against him until he had a package together with political and security policy they want, and use it as a virtual client,” he said.

In these virtual machine, operating system kernel can be very small and easily transferred to various devices. That, many believe, is the idea Midori – creation easily portable operating system that easily mat for various applications.

Microsoft’s terms for Windows is currently forbidden to do so within the virtual machine, said Mr. Chu.

Michael Silver, vice president for research at Gartner, said that development Midori is a reasonable step for Microsoft.

“The value of Microsoft Windows, which today is the product will decline as more requests for transfer on the Internet, and Microsoft should edge up to that,” he said.

“I would be surprised if there is evidence that nothing would be this has not been kicked around,” he said.

Big problem, which costs from Microsoft Windows to an end, he said, as he once again do their business objectives.

“Eighty per cent of sales of Windows, when the new PCs sold,” he said. “This is a huge sum of money, because they do not have to go out and get.

“If Windows does not end less important than being agnostic application to become a Microsoft OS, which make their money?” Question.

adapted from http://news.bbc.co.uk/