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Old 07-18-2016, 04:49 PM   #1
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LXer: Microsoft blocks Linux installations


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Microsoft has blocked a flaw in Windows RT which allowed the users to install non-Redmond approved operating systems on Windows RT tablets. Microsoft has closed a backdoor left open in Windows RT even though the OS is pretty much dead in the water as Vole can’t be bothered with it any more.

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Old 07-18-2016, 04:50 PM   #2
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But I read online that Microsoft loved open source..?
 
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Old 07-18-2016, 09:23 PM   #4
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Reports that Microsoft has changed its ways are grossly overrated.

Duplicity is baked in Microsoft's DNA.
 
  


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