I don't think the comparison is as straightforward as you make it sound. Apple's goal has always been to refine technologies into slick consumer products. Microsoft competes with Apple in some instances, but they have always been driven more by the desire to control business and government critical software systems.
In other words, Apple's business model makes controlling FreeBSD of no real interest to them. Apple isn't worried about courting BSD users/developers. Microsoft, on the other hand, is primarily concerned with users/developers. There's a reason they bought GitHub.
Also, Microsoft still demands royalties for Android devices because they claim Linux infringes on their patents. The only reason they don't go after System76 and Pinebook is because they're small fries (I wouldn't be surprised if Dell and Lenovo give MS money for the Linux desktops/laptops they sell).
I'm not arguing that MS will take over Linux, but I would argue that they're trying.
There are precisely zero BSD Kernels that are Mac OS or iOS. The Mac OS X Kernel, xnu, is a fork of Mach. The "BSD bits" in Mac OS X are the command line userland, there may be slivers of BSD kernel code in XNU, but the bulk of it has never been seen in any BSD kernel and vice versa.
If Windows starts to take over Linux, It may be a good time to switch.
Windows is an operating system, are you referring to Microsoft, the company that makes the Windows operating system? If so how exactly do they "take over" Linux? Maybe you're unaware but Microsoft has been contributing to the Linux kernel for many years.
If Microsoft were to switch to using Linux as its kernel don't you think that would be a good thing? Unifying around a common, free software kernel really sounds like a bad idea to you?
Maybe good time to switch to Hurd (Score:2)
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If Windows starts to take over Linux, It may be a good time to switch. If they ever get around to creating a 64 bit version, that is.
Why Hurd? BSD is still around.
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Why Hurd? BSD is still around.
If you are dumb enough to believe that Microsoft will "take over" Linux, then you should also be dumb enough to believe that Apple has taken over BSD.
The vast majority of running BSD kernels are either MacOS or iOS.
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If Microsoft wanted to get ahead of the curve they'd port Xamarin to Google's experimental Fuchsia.
i.e. Windows 11 S ought not care whichever sandbox UWP nor PWA apps are running on top of.
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There are apps for PWA's (People With AIDS).
Re:Maybe good time to switch to Hurd (Score:4, Interesting)
I don't think the comparison is as straightforward as you make it sound. Apple's goal has always been to refine technologies into slick consumer products. Microsoft competes with Apple in some instances, but they have always been driven more by the desire to control business and government critical software systems.
In other words, Apple's business model makes controlling FreeBSD of no real interest to them. Apple isn't worried about courting BSD users/developers. Microsoft, on the other hand, is primarily concerned with users/developers. There's a reason they bought GitHub.
Also, Microsoft still demands royalties for Android devices because they claim Linux infringes on their patents. The only reason they don't go after System76 and Pinebook is because they're small fries (I wouldn't be surprised if Dell and Lenovo give MS money for the Linux desktops/laptops they sell).
I'm not arguing that MS will take over Linux, but I would argue that they're trying.
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If Windows starts to take over Linux, It may be a good time to switch.
Windows is an operating system, are you referring to Microsoft, the company that makes the Windows operating system? If so how exactly do they "take over" Linux? Maybe you're unaware but Microsoft has been contributing to the Linux kernel for many years.
If Microsoft were to switch to using Linux as its kernel don't you think that would be a good thing? Unifying around a common, free software kernel really sounds like a bad idea to you?
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Free software is Communism!
Don't you even read what Bill Gates said.