Sunday's news report suggests that China proceeds with its GNU/Linux migration

Summary: Microsoft Windows is an imperialistic operating system (or bootable malware) and it is therefore imperative for nations that pursue real sovereignty to wean themselves off it altogether

IN a recent public talk of Richard Stallman he succinctly explained in very clear terms that many people are led to assume that they give instructions to computers they use. They think they're actually the owners of these computers, whereas the topology is all 'in reverse'; in practice, owing to the way software was coded or hard-coded, the real owner is the company behind the software and instructions are transmitted to the computers by this company instead of the user. To them, the user is just something to be exploited, 'monetised' (when the user is spied on there's data to be sold, as we noted yesterday in relation to Phoronix). Windows, for example, is designed for data-mining and therefore -- by its very design -- it's optimises for insecurity (remote access, harvesting) rather than security. Windows will never be secure because it's not supposed to be. Those who think that Windows can be made secure evidently fail to grasp what Windows actually is and who it works for.

In countries that wish to control their computing -- including their servers -- Free software is imperative. Thankfully we've been seeing policies implemented by large governments in recent years that will bring rise to GNU/Linux use, even on desktops and laptops. ⬆

"I don’t want a back door. I want a front door." -- Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), 2015