Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4

From	cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups	comp.os.vms
Subject	Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4
Date	2026-03-25 18:49 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID	<10q1anb$c8b$2@reader2.panix.com> (permalink)
References	<n2ctqmFcmr8U1@mid.individual.net> <10puk74$18v2v$1@dont-email.me> <10pulg5$1fr$2@reader2.panix.com> <10q1a6m$26gqo$1@dont-email.me>

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In article <10q1a6m$26gqo$1@dont-email.me>,
Simon Clubley  <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>On 2026-03-24, Dan Cross <cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
>> In article <10puk74$18v2v$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Simon Clubley  <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>>
>>>This latest push, this time against the operating systems themselves,
>>>seems to have come out of nowhere over the last few months.
>>>
>>>I wonder what's really driving it ?
>>
>> Mostly misunderstanding.  :-D
>>
>> The state of California apparently passed a law that systems
>> that have an "App Store" like thing need to verify the age of
>> people who are buying apps from that store.  In doing so, they
>> seem to have conflated the concept of an, "Operating System"
>> with the iOS/macOS and Android application ecosystems: the
>> language of the law talks about Operating Systems, specifically,
>> though I understand there's specific language about app stores
>> or equivalents.
>>
>> It's really just goofy.
>>
>
>That's what it looks like to me as well.
>
>There's an interesting new claim in this area I had not seen before:
>
>https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/foss_age_verification/
>
>The claim is that Meta and other organisations are actively lobbying
>for these new laws.

Reading between the lines, Meta et al would love to kick the age
verification can for their services down the road to the OS
vendors.  Under 13-year olds can't download the Facebook app if
the machine they use has already verified that they're not
under 13.

It's all so stupid.

	- Dan C.

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  Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 "John H. Reinhardt" <johnhreinhardt@thereinhardts.org> - 2026-03-23 08:38 -0500
  Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-03-23 20:05 +0000
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      Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-03-24 18:12 +0000
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            Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-04-02 11:19 +0000
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                Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4 Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-04-07 12:17 +0000
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