Post ADhhnfSlEqp3AMw3E0 by DissonantEevee@glaceon.social
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(DIR) Post #ADhhne14cJ54gCyQQi by DissonantEevee@glaceon.social
2021-11-23T17:47:42Z
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@dankwraith it is 2031, Microsoft has convinced chip manufacturers to mandate a license for not using Windows. It costs $2000 a month to use Linux.
(DIR) Post #ADhhneasTBikTFj1Em by avalos@mstdn.social
2021-11-23T20:43:23Z
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@DissonantEevee @dankwraith It is 2031, Linux doesn't even exist anymore. All computers are restricted to booting Windows exclusively, because Microsoft is the government.
(DIR) Post #ADhhnfSlEqp3AMw3E0 by DissonantEevee@glaceon.social
2021-11-23T19:31:18Z
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@dankwraith In 2231, in an attempt to control free software among ordinary people, the Google Lobbying Team legalized no-holds-barred licensing. Microsoft, working with the GLT, updated Windows with a series of expensive subscriptions and time-limited demos. The people's frustration grew with the cost. Soon Microsoft discovered that ransoming Linux installs were their most profitable enterprise. The professional league was formed; a cabal of the most brutal low-wage script-kiddies, selected to protect shareholder interests.Now it is 2291, and [Unreal Tournament Opening Plays]
(DIR) Post #ADhhouITZTLbSliQNs by avalos@mstdn.social
2021-11-23T20:43:40Z
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@DissonantEevee @dankwraith It is 2040, Linux doesn't even exist anymore. All computers are restricted to booting Windows exclusively, because Microsoft is the government.
(DIR) Post #ADhj6THeqOnMqkGvTs by stragu@mastodon.indie.host
2021-11-23T20:57:58Z
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@avalos @DissonantEevee @dankwraith the year is 2041. The Microsoft staff who’s taken my bug report ticket in 2021 is still asking me for obscure logs because apparently “it only happens on my system”.
(DIR) Post #ADhjKEIXMFKuQUFAmG by avalos@mstdn.social
2021-11-23T21:00:32Z
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@stragu @DissonantEevee @dankwraith The year is 2042. Since 2035, logs have been completely eradicated because of their potential of leaking information about the system to its users. Only the Eternal Government has the right to know what happens in Windows.
(DIR) Post #ADicpni7zAld85pArA by temporal@mastodon.technology
2021-11-24T00:11:39Z
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@avalos You jest, but I'm sure many developers are already figuring out that logging and telemetry is mostly the same thing, and obviously the only purpose of client-side logs is to be attached with a bug report. So eventually they'll ask, why duplicate the effort? And resolve this by removing logging.@stragu @DissonantEevee @dankwraith