... it wants its argument about Linux desktop complexity and its unsuitability for email and faxing back.

Would have loved to be a fly on the wall to see the sardonic look on the Netflix exec's faces when writing this explanation, Apple has used this lame excuse so many times.

And here I thought that underground refuges would be the last bastions against the Big Freeze ...

Speculation, but maybe they really have got Linux religion this time, given that Azure now runs more Linux than Windows VMs, and even MS recognizes that Windows Phone is an abject failure. If they include exfat, that'll be a good sign - because that's one of the core patents that's been whispered about in the NDA-strong-armed discussions with Android vendors - if they're willing to weaken their stance on that front, that sounds significant.

It defines "home" as where I am most often from 1 - 4am?? That's just crazy talk ...

Gaia exhibiting her fine grasp of emergent behavior ...

COULD be? Does anyone really have any doubt??

It's about principles. FOSS isn't about saving $$ (though by most objective measures that does happen) ... FOSS is about the principles of openness and liberty. Windows ... is about the principles of corporatism and pay-to-play. Note I didn't say capitalism ... corporatism.

Everyone's all "he's such a weasel, yeah like we didn't see this coming" ... c'mon, you can't see in his case why it would be critical whether Manning was pardoned vs. just let out early?? C'mon, use those brains God gave you to see through your personal prejudices on the issue.

No "release rage" outburst warranted, and both your computer and window should be left alone. He's talking about one of the incremental internal releases of the Linux kernel, on the way to a final 4.10 Linux kernel release, some weeks from now..

Liou coe shway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tze duh ur-tze, stupid son of a drooling whore and monkey, the Chinese are going to dominant the Verse!!

... or if you define "strongest" as referring to, oh, odor or something. Hey, this is fun! Let's call this "NewSpeak"!

Isn't that what Qubes is all about? https://www.qubes-os.org/tour/...

The 5G spec isn't stable yet, and isn't the 6G spec just a glint in someone's eye at this point? Not sure how he could have "baked in" support for them yet ...

The allegation isn't that VMware uses the Linux kernel, or that "VMware is linux" or whatever straw man you're attacking ... the allegation is specific to SCSI subsystem code that Hellwig wrote for the Linux kernel. There's been reasonably credible evidence they did use that specific code (which is from the main kernel tree, not a driver). No one is claiming that VMware "stole" Linux as a whole and is using it.