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Meanwhile, Microsoft has gone on to open source core components of their offerings (with no signs of slowing down) and Apple (not surprisingly) is locking down
by frikk 11y ago
Meanwhile, Microsoft has gone on to open source core components of their offerings (with no signs of slowing down) and Apple (not surprisingly) is locking down developers even further with requiring signed drivers by default (I think -- not confirmed). Amazing how things can shift.
- exelius 11y agoTo be fair, it's not hard to get a signing key for Apple (anyone with $99/yr can get one). And it's not just drivers -- ALL apps must be signed by default.
- wooger 11y agoGoogle open source stuff, true, but their development practices leave much to be desired, and in some cases seem designed to limit the usefulness of the source. Chromium source is a nightmare to build, and requires random, specific versions of the opensource components, or sometimes incorporates requires Google's own forked, slightly different and broken versions. Android source is becoming less useful as a viable OS replacement every version, as so many apps are tied solely to the Play APIs.
- pilif 11y agoMicrosoft has moved to requiring signed drivers ever since the x64 versions of Windows have come out. All 64bit installs only run signed drivers. Yes, it's turnoffable, but only as a temporary measure and with huge warnings - kinda similar to what Apple does now too (boot parameter, but no warnings AFAIK)