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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: Wonderful Windows Zaps Banks/Transport/Media after "Update"
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 05:30:04 -0000 (UTC)
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John McCue <jmccue@hairball.jmcunx.com> wrote at 13:49 this Saturday (GMT):
> followups trimmed to comp.os.linux.misc
>
> In comp.os.linux.misc yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> wrote:
>> "26yh.0712" <26yh.0713@e6t5y.net> writes:
>> 
>>>   Ah ... wunnerful Winders  :-)
>>>
>>>   It should be banned as a socioeconomic WMD ...
>> 
>> Imagine systemd swallowing package management, doing automagic
>> security updates and such a "MSLinux" monoculture.
>
> I can see this happening, I think they just swallowed sudo.

You mean polkit?

>> Wouldn't that be similarly vulnerable?
>
> Maybe, any complex solution is open to vulnerabilities.  I
> think (hope) these changes would be tested better than
> crowdstrike was.  But as things get more complex, the harder
> to test :(
>
> I still think these changes Red Hat is pushing is their way
> to make things easier for admins, but to me, eventually you
> end up with a Windows clone.  Now I wonder if they will "AI"
> systemd, I think it is possible since IBM seems to be
> getting into AI.

That sounds like a nightmare. AI Systems...

>> IMO "MSLinux" everywhere would have the same problem.
>> 
>> I think redundancy, diversity and reducing complexity is the right
>> answer.
>


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