What if Microsoft put out a version of Linux? Video

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What if Microsoft put out a version of Linux?
Created: 10/01/2007
Video description: Tom Merritt contemplates a most unlikely scenario.

What if Microsoft put out a version of Linux? Video Transcript

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>> What if Microsoft put out a version of Linux? Would the blue screen of death be modable? [assumed spelling] How would they get it to crash and what things could they improve? Maybe man page would become Microsoft helper text. Would pseudo be changed to acute animated Unicorn? Why aren't there more Unicorns in Microsoft products? What are they afraid of? ^M00:00:29 [ Sound effects ] ^M00:00:32

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