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"More Nails in the Linux Coffin?" They've been crying that for years!

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Melzzzzz wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 18:55:06 -0400
> Donald Miller The Chimp <donaldmiller955@mail.com> wrote:
>
>> Desktop Linux is pretty well on it's way to self extermination anyway
>> but Windows 10 Secure Boot Lock Out is going to pound a few more nails
>> in the already rotten and putrid smelling Linux coffin.

Blah blah blah.  I remember when the trolls were proclaiming
Windows XP <laughing> "The Linux Killer" LOL.

Same old story, year after years, from the dazed followers of
Microsoft.

And yet Linux is top dog in supercomputers, top dog in Web servers,
giving Microsoft good competition in general servers and in embedded devices
(so much so that Microsoft feels they must offer a free Windows 10 embedded
to counter that threat), absolutely kicking Microsoft's ass in
mobile, and even making Microsoft feel a little prickly in the desktop
market.

>> Then there is the speculation that Microsoft might by purchasing a
>> controlling interest in Cyanogen in order to stomp on Android.
>> That one might actually cause some serious damage because anyone who
>> has used an Android device knows they are extremely buggy and that
>> Cyanogen is one method for resolving that buggy behavior.

Wrong.

Cyanogen was simply a way (and only one way) to replace the stock Android
installation in some Android devices to get rid of the crap that the
hardware vendor or the telecomm company installed.

>> <rest of stupid shit snipped>
>> 
>> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/windows-10-to-make-the-secure-boot-alt-os-lock-out-a-reality/
>
> I am really starting to hate Microsoft...

Well, the more Microsoft tightens its grip, the more the rebel alliance
slips though its fingers.  That move might actually encourage vendors to
ship more non-Windows machines, akin to the Chromebooks that some of them
ship.

If not, well, currently the "Linux" "market" serves mainly tech-savvy users,
and it can continue to do so.

Things are actually looking a lot more positive than they were years back.

None of Microsoft's self-serving and despicable machinations have been able
to forestall Linux penetration into almost all computing markets where
tech-savvy users are able to make the decisions.

They still haven't tried the one thing I fear most... making Free Software
illegal.

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Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. Donald Miller <donaldmiller955@mail.com> - 2015-03-28 18:55 -0400
  Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-28 19:15 -0400
    Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-28 19:27 -0400
      Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-28 20:32 -0400
      Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 20:26 -0700
  Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-29 00:19 +0100
    "More Nails in the Linux Coffin?"  They've been crying that for years! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-28 19:43 -0400
    Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-28 23:43 +0000
      Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 23:54 +0000
        Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 17:00 -0700
      Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:23 -0400
    Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:26 -0400
    Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-29 14:47 +0000
      Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 15:03 +0000
        Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 04:17 +0000
          Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-30 04:36 +0000
            Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 04:37 +0000
              Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-30 04:54 +0000
              Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-30 09:10 +0100
                Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-30 06:03 -0400
                Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-30 13:39 -0400
                Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 15:52 +0000
                Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 12:49 -0400
                Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-30 13:49 -0400
                Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-30 13:47 -0400
                Re: Microsoft To Buy Cyanogen? Windows 10 Secure Boot? More Nails in the Linux Coffin. GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-30 15:32 -0600

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