[mdlug] Big brother gives M$ a 10 out of 10

[LAP]

On Wed, 22 May 2024 11:11:17 -0500
Gib <gibmaxn at gmail.com> wrote:

> I realize that we can't trust Microsoft to maintain our data.  But I
> do see a need to retrieve information about things we have seen.
> 

For those who would require such a service it can easily be implemented
through the installation of independent software.

The issue here, as I see it, is Microsoft will make this, as with
everything else of theirs, an integral part of the OS itself.

An OS exists for one purpose only: to provide an interface for
software to operate on hardware.  That is all.

Microsoft has always vastly exceeded this bound by providing its own
utilities that are tightly fused to the OS.

Fortunately, GNU/Linux remains a true OS.  It provides nothing
more than an API for independent software to exploit.

However, the encroachment of systemd is beginning to threaten
this OS model.