Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : Nightfox
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Apr 26 2022 20:41:04

 Ni>  bo> better. Microsoft is changing, and Powershell and WSL is recognition 
 Ni>  bo> that. They wouldn't be doing this otherwise, would they?? They are
 Ni> 
 Ni> Sometimes I'm still a little suspicious about why Microsoft is doing the
 Ni> things they're doing these days, in supporting Linux and such.  It
 Ni> seemed Microsoft used to employ tactics like "embrace, extend, and
 Ni> extinguish" to try to eliminate competing technologies.  By supporting
 Ni> Linux, I've wondered if Microsoft eventually plans to try to destroy
 Ni> Linux in the long term.
 Ni> 
 Ni> Nightfox

As am I.  There is a potential path (for security, of course...) where hardware is restricted in what binary code it will boot and run.  Embedded storage drives can be hardcoded with a bootloader (I think ASUS did something similar to this).  Microsoft can pressure manufacturers to design hardware which can exclude booting unapproved kernels/bootloaders.  There can be requirements for certification which could exclude OS's which don't meet particular requirements.

It's all speculation of course, but with Microsofts monopoly position for the desktop, and the power they therefore exert, they can make it difficult for competition.

The US isn't likely to regulate them either

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