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Microsoft Dependency Has Risks

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151 points ArcHound | 10 comments | 25 Jun 25 20:08 UTC | HN request time: 2.442s | source | bottom
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jongjong ◴[25 Jun 25 22:51 UTC] No.44382521[source]▶
I can't understand why people are still using proprietary software like Windows or OSX when superior free software exists. It's a testament to the hidden monopolizing forces which exists in our society.
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duped ◴[26 Jun 25 00:17 UTC] No.44383046[source]▶
Because the free software isn't superior
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1. jongjong ◴[26 Jun 25 04:41 UTC] No.44384239[source]▶
Then why is it that every person I know or even heard about who switched to Linux never went back to OSX or Windows?

The only thing which made them use OSX or Windows in the first place was their ignorance of alternatives. Clearly you've never used any consumer-grade Linux distro like Ubuntu.

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2. duped ◴[26 Jun 25 05:21 UTC] No.44384395[source]▶
OSX hasn't existed for five years and hasn't been publicly advertised as that for much longer, so your sampling may be biased.

> The only thing which made them use OSX or Windows in the first place was their ignorance of alternatives.

No, it's the availability of daily software that people use, like Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.

> Clearly you've never used any consumer-grade Linux distro like Ubuntu.

I daily drive a Linux distro. I don't pretend it's better for the average human than MacOS or Windows. The market reflects that. Clearly, you've never worked in an office where the only thing available is a Windows or Mac laptop because those are what IT provides and that's where your customers/users are.

3. protocolture ◴[26 Jun 25 05:33 UTC] No.44384454[source]▶
Are you kidding? By the time you get through the first half of the requirements document of most windows customers, OSX and Linux alternatives have already been thoroughly ruled out.
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4. not_a_bot_4sho ◴[26 Jun 25 05:36 UTC] No.44384468[source]▶
I honestly cannot tell if this is brilliant sarcasm or digital veganism. I hope the former, because it's perfect lol
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5. metaltyphoon ◴[26 Jun 25 05:56 UTC] No.44384557[source]▶
When it starts with the phrase “FIP-S compliant”, hardly anyone is wants to do that on Linux.
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6. h4ck_th3_pl4n3t ◴[26 Jun 25 06:58 UTC] No.44384904[source]▶
You could say we've been "duped".
7. benhurmarcel ◴[26 Jun 25 08:40 UTC] No.44385436[source]▶
> Then why is it that every person I know or even heard about who switched to Linux never went back to OSX or Windows?

I used Linux on my main desktop for about 10 years, then went back to Windows. There, you've heard of one.

8. guappa ◴[26 Jun 25 10:28 UTC] No.44385972{3}[source]▶
You live in a parallel universe where wolfssl doesn't exist?
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9. metaltyphoon ◴[26 Jun 25 14:28 UTC] No.44387792{4}[source]▶
Oh I know about this, but tell what’s simpler: Embed wolfssl per app / make it work with openssl as a module (for system wide usage) or turn a registry key to true?
10. m01 ◴[26 Jun 25 18:58 UTC] No.44390254{3}[source]▶
It seems that both RHEL [1] and Ubuntu Pro have docs on FIPS, so it looks like the distribution vendors have thought about this problem, at least for paying customers. Might you be able to sketch out what the problem with FIPS compliance on Linux is?

[1] https://access.redhat.com/compliance/fips [2] https://ubuntu.com/security/fips