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Windows is not public infrastructure. If the government's reliance on it has reached the level of "national importance", then that's the problem that needs to b
by apetresc 7mo ago
Windows is not public infrastructure. If the government's reliance on it has reached the level of "national importance", then that's the problem that needs to be addressed, not Windows' ownership.
Public infrastructure should be built on open-source, period.
- dmos62 7mo agoWhy is Windows not public infrastructure? Because it's privately owned, or because it's not relevant to enough of the public? I argue that it is public in function. My thinking matches yours as regards OSS.
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 7mo agoThe government haven't yet mandated you use windows. Yet. It will be soon, like with androids and iphones, for user identification so the government knows who sends every network packet.