A well-known Linux kernel operating system distributor, Ubuntu, has put the default social network integration features on their products for a long time. The ' Me ' menu has appeared in the early versions of Ubuntu 10.04, allowing users to update all their social network accounts while also bringing important updates right to the desktop. . When Microsoft added Tweet @ Rama, Photo Picker and Socialite features to Windows 8 for developers, the Linux community immediately assumed that this was an idea of copying ideas.
The first articles of the Windows 8 development team on the Building 8 blog all mentioned that this new operating system directly supports USB 3.0 standard devices and receives feedback in the form of ' Linux did this all 3 this year '.
In fact, it's not that big, devices using USB 3.0 standards run very well with Windows 7 since manufacturers update their drivers. Microsoft simply meets the industry standards.
Both Windows 8 and Linux operating systems have features that allow users to synchronize their data with cloud computing services. Ubuntu one of Ubuntu 11 allows users to use 5GB of online storage data for free and include additional options of $ 2.99 / month for every 20GB of additional storage.
Windows 8 will definitely be tied to the company's SkyDrive service that currently allows users to save up to 25GB for free. The data is allowed to store not only photos and music, but also allows storing other user account information such as personal settings, wallpaper, and some other data. Most importantly, users can access them from anywhere.
ReFS (Resilient File System, codenamed Protogon) is the latest file management generation introduced by Microsoft. It will be released with Windows Server 8. This file management system has many similarities with ZFS (Z File System) and Btrfs (B-tree file system) of Linux.
A good idea to create a new breakthrough? There's no denying that Microsoft has borrowed many ideas from the open source community, but at the middle, it is still creating its own value from those ideas on its Windows 8 version.