Linux Kernel Cozies Up To The Window's Kernel

[hard candy]

An old article (7/1/04) but new to me,
Linux Becoming More Like Windows (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39159290,00.htm)
So as far as the kernel goes, I can see that being built for similiar architecture, interfacing with similiar drivers, and using a monolithic style, there would be similarities.
But would a Unix based kernel be THAT similiar to a NT kernel? Are DLL's built the same as modules?
Is romance in the air? :)

[saikee]

That would boil my blood.

Two months in Linux, loaded 11 different Linux systems, not a single driver available and 9 systems are up and running. Can a Windows kernel do that?

Windows and Linux are in different leagues when it come to bootloader, desktop flexibility and backup power.

I can use Lilo or Grub to boot any number of Linux with Windows without even touching the MBR. Can any Windows survive without the MBR or lives in a logical partition?

In chroot command one can jump from one Linux to another Linux and operate a different GUI. Can Windows operate another of its own version?

Norton Ghost sells by its ability to backup Windows image. I have found Linux dd command can do the same job faster and easier.

Let's not forget MS kernel was dreamt up by paid staff but Linux kernel was designed by people who are fundamentally interested in it. Money doesn't even come into it.

If a Windows user ever grows up he will find himself in Linux. That includes those people working on the MS kernel.
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Late addition

I have been playing around wit the dd command in Linux to clone hard disks. So far I managed to duplicate a 200Gb hard drive with XP and about 10 Linux systems in it in less than 2 hours.

XP and all Linux systems boot satisfactorily after cloning.

I then tried to clone an IDE as source and a SATA disk as traget.

Target XP works normally as usual but all Linux panic because SATA is regarded as a SCSI disk. The Linux installed originally in hda (IDE disk) refuses to work in sda (SATA disk) environment.

So much for a protected Windows system that can be copied into any disk as long as there is a C:\ drive. The free Linux system is much more clever knowing the difference between the hardware. People saying the difference of the two kernels are getting small must have their heads examined.