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schestowitz"Feb 09 18:50
schestowitzI doubt that Microsoft will die off ..... its too Big and woven too deeply into industry .......Feb 09 18:50
schestowitzIts not that one company should die off .... maybe a bad product will hurt it ..... but things in the computer market should be fair to give each competitor a chance to improve - what may happen is that the code that initially starts the computer belongs to one company ..... they then could alter it in such a way that it causes damage when another OS is used with it ..........Feb 09 18:50
schestowitzThe Samsung examples and turning them into BRICKS ......... is one I have not got my head around yet ..........Feb 09 18:50
schestowitzhttps://www.google.co.uk/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=samsung+UEFI+bricks&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&redir_esc=&ei=DJcWUeX6N6XK0AWazICgBwFeb 09 18:50
TechrightsBotTitle: samsung UEFI bricks - Google Search .::. Size~: 66.37 KBFeb 09 18:50
schestowitz"Feb 09 18:50
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2354798#Feb 09 18:50
TechrightsBot@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: The "success" of Linux, whether GNU, Android etc, is a total illusion.   While some have been distracted - and have been distracting others - by sales and other statistics, Microsoft controls UEFI.   At the moment it makes "concessions", bestows "priviliges", but with UEFI, Microsoft is in control.   Little by little, slice by slice, it will reduce the favoured few to the "big" distros, who by then, if notFeb 09 18:51
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schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/notice/99482854Feb 09 19:23
TechrightsBot@Richard Fontana (fontana)'s status on Friday, 08-Feb-13 20:29:51 UTC - Identi.ca: @engelnyst That is my understanding. I recommend that !FSF have a public license discussion list.Feb 09 19:23

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