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A wise Microsoft, which we might be seeing, would know that a bad Linux security foundation is just plain bad for business, for the Internet ecosystem and gener
by hga 13y ago
A wise Microsoft, which we might be seeing, would know that a bad Linux security foundation is just plain bad for business, for the Internet ecosystem and general trust in it (after all, most people don't know what sort of server they're connecting to), for sales of desktop Windows to surf in that ecosystem, etc.
A pragmatic Microsoft might be edging away from a "Windows or Death!" attitude. Didn't we read that after they bought Skype they replaced its skeezy "volunteer" supernodes with 10,000 systems running Linux? E.g. https://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+skype+linux+supernodes https://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+skype+linux+supern...
- neurobro 13y agoI interpreted that as part of their legal obligation to add eavesdropping capability to Skype, which was probably quite difficult with the more decentralized network. But overall, I'm pleasantly surprised by the number of pleasant surprises coming from Microsoft lately.
- MichaelGG 13y agoLawful intercept could be added without routing all traffic to their nodes. Perhaps MS correctly realised that offering a service which uses arbitrary amounts of computing and bandwidth from users is a crappy thing to do and not in-line with an MS offering?