Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : Gamgee
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Apr 26 2022 20:46:30

 Ga>  Ni> Sometimes I'm still a little suspicious about why Microsoft is
 Ga>  Ni> doing the things they're doing these days, in supporting Linux
 Ga>  Ni> and such.  It seemed Microsoft used to employ tactics like
 Ga>  Ni> "embrace, extend, and extinguish" to try to eliminate competing
 Ga>  Ni> technologies.  By supporting Linux, I've wondered if Microsoft
 Ga>  Ni> eventually plans to try to destroy Linux in the long term.
 Ga> 
 Ga> I don't think they can destroy it, because Linux isn't under their 
 Ga> absolute control, like Windows is.  The open-source aspect means many 
 Ga> people have control and they can't affect that.
 Ga> 
 Ga> 
 Ga> 
 Ga> ... Internal Error: The system has been taken over by sheep at line 19960

Hardware can refuse to boot it, or at least, boot only authorised versions.  The PC may eventually be a closed platform, like mobiles, which must be 'jail-broken' to run anything else.

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