[Leaplist] Why Open Source won't work on "Vista computers"

[Phil Barnett]

On Tuesday 26 December 2006 19:56, Chris wrote:

> As much as I'd like to agree with you, because, well, I pretty
> much always agree with you... I have misgivings.

<snip of points that I don't necessarily disagree with>

Building an operating system that refuses to be compromised because it can 
only run trusted software is a good thing no matter where it comes from. 

We need a way in an operating system to determine what can run and what can 
not run before the software than should not run shows up on the doorstep.

What remains to be seen is who can do it. We often blame Microsoft for things 
they haven't done yet because it fits their MO. There's no question about 
that. I believe that MS is fully capable of blowing their lower torso off 
while trying to attempt this.

The question is: Who will have control of this capability? Can I as the SA 
override 100% of the defaults? If I can, then it's not a bad system. If I 
can't, it's extortion.

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My other computer is your Windows machine