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- Microsoft Loves Linux to Death and Still Tries to Kill GNU/Linux
- Microsoft-connected Mesosphere Threatens to Eliminate Free Software in the Datacentre
- Microsoft Aggression Against GNU/Linux Amid Vista 10's Failure
- Microsoft Lies About Vista 10 and Increases Microsoft Surveillance (Even Beyond Vista 10 and Into Android, Vista 7/8)
- Censorship, Self-Censorship and Intimidation Now the Modus Operandi at EPO
- Patent Practitioners: "The Unitary Patent Might be Able to Open the Floodgates for Software Patents in Europe"
- Another Suicide at the EPO, Fifth by Our Count
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They also plan on tracking installed files on people's computers and uninstalling illegal software. As a Linux user, I don't have illegal software on my computer. But the principle stands. No one should be able to decide what is allowed on my computer.
It may not stop at illegal software. What prevents them from tampering with legally installed software from Microsoft competitors?
Remote deletions
This is why some people, myself included, are concerned. It's like Amazon's "1984" remote deletions. Remember those?
It has been reported that some torrent sites are now banning Vista 10 for privacy reasons. They ought to have woken up when Vista came out with DRM at its very core (it has not been removed since).
Microsoft proves RMS to have been correct all along. Limiting users more and more over time rather than enabling/emancipating. Is this progress?