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Re: Linux advocacy

From	candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Linux advocacy
Date	2024-10-03 15:30 +0000
Organization	the-candyden-of-code
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CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote at 19:44 this Wednesday (GMT):
> On 2024-10-02 3:30 p.m., candycanearter07 wrote:
>> CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote at 00:24 this Tuesday (GMT):
>>> On 2024-09-30 3:40 p.m., candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 07:29 this Monday (GMT):
>>>>> On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:37:56 -0400, Joel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It has Unix within it, I grant that ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No, it has the legal right to use the “Unix” trademark, which is not
>>>>>>> quite what normal people mean when they say “It’s a Unix system, I know
>>>>>>> this!”.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's not really true, you can do anything with it ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Not quite. Apple is insisting on signed software now, so users of Open
>>>>> Source have to negotiate continual off-putting warnings about “untrusted”
>>>>> apps every time they try to install something.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not surprised.
>>>
>>> There's nothing wrong with signing software if you want to limit the
>>> damage of malware. Open-source will probably work as long as the
>>> software is listed in the Apple Store though.
>> 
>> 
>> Yeah, but it would obviously be bad to be forced to publish thru the App
>> Store
>
> Admittedly, but a lot of the people who buy Apple hardware do so because 
> they want to be safe from the kind of threats that exist in the Windows 
> world. They will stick to the software in the App Store to escape 
> potential problems. It's in their and the developer's best interests to 
> make the software available there.


Yeah, and thats good and all but it also lets them remove the option to
NOT go through the app store.
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Re: Linux advocacy candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-09-30 19:40 +0000
  Re: Linux advocacy CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-09-30 20:24 -0400
    Re: Linux advocacy Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-09-30 20:54 -0400
    Re: Linux advocacy candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-10-02 19:30 +0000
      Re: Linux advocacy CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-02 15:44 -0400
        Re: Linux advocacy candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-10-03 15:30 +0000
          Re: Linux advocacy CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-10-03 12:13 -0400
            Re: Linux advocacy rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-03 17:47 +0000
          Re: Linux advocacy Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-10-03 13:53 -0400
    Re: Linux advocacy Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-03 23:12 +0000
      Re: Linux advocacy candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-10-03 23:30 +0000

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