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The Register Promotes Microsoft's Control Over Linux (Even in ARM)
A lobby for billionaires
Earlier this month we reminded people to disable "Secure Boot". The Register, whose new manager is a Microsoft person, has just posted this puff piece for "Secure Boot" in Linux. We aren't going to give it our front page but instead link to the comments. Udo Seidel, in his first-ever article, promotes malicious restrictions in Linux through ARM; "So tell me again why it's acceptable and unquestioned that Microsoft are the ones who decide what software we can run on the hardware we bought from people who aren't Microsoft?" says a comment. Also: "That ought to have triggered an anti-trust/monopoly investigation immediately instead of letting Microsoft get away with it by graciously signing stuff for other people." Or: ". . . why this is desirable? Why the fuck should I cripple my computer in this way?"
Tough crowd, right? Seidel's promotion of Microsoft's garbage isn't welcomed. █