On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 14:38:53 -0800 spiralofhope <spiralofh...@spiralofhope.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:46:12 -0500 > Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: > > > What happens if Debian stops supporting sysvinit, or worse, installs > > Halloween Code to greatly complicate systemd replacement? > > I wasn't familiar with the term "Halloween Code". Is this a reference > to Microsoft's internal strategy memorandums? > > https://www.gnu.org/software/fsfe/projects/ms-vs-eu/halloween1.html > https://www.gnu.org/software/fsfe/projects/ms-vs-eu/halloween2.html Looking further, I find the correct term is "AARD Code". It's the code Microsoft put in Windows to error out if Wind3x was run under DR-DOS instead of MS-DOS. DR-DOS was perfectly capable of running Windows, but Microsoft wanted to sell DOS, so they put an error message if DR-DOS was detected. Systemd itself is AARD Code: Whether intentional or not it prevents use of competing software. I believe that AARD code was discussed in one of the Halloween Documents. SteveT Steve Litt December 2019 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
