* On 2012 05 Jun 21:45 -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Nate Bargmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Again, let MS rot in its malware hell. I don't care! Perhaps if MS had > > been a bit more proactive a couple of decades ago we would not be having > > this discussion. MSFT issues are not for us in the Debian or wider > > Linux community to resolve. > > Comments like this make you look like a tool. Microsoft is acting as > as nothing more than a certificate authority here. This has jack and > all to do with MS Windows.
I'd much rather be a "tool" standing up for computing freedom than a lacky buying into the marketing spin. > > If need be, community oriented hardware based on ARM and such will > > become the order of the day for general purpose computer. Consumer > > hardware is being made off-limits to the hobbyist. > > You can't disable the code signing requirement on ARM. Really? So the Raspberry Pi requires signed code? The Freedom Box on ARM hardware requires signed code? - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
