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Re:Microsoft Releases Classic MS-DOS Editor for Linux Writte... by cwyers on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @12:55PM (#44379441)
If you count the number of ignorant people who use Windows versus the people like you, you'll quickly realize the tax is very cheap for the level of protection it offers to the number of people it offers it to.
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Re:Microsoft Releases Classic MS-DOS Editor for Linux Writte... by ethbr1 on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @07:23PM (#44382732)
The correct answer should be a legally-mandated one-time escape hatch.

Bury it as deep as Microsoft wants, but...

  1) Everyone can use it
  2) It turns off all nanny-checks
  3) It makes future checks opt-in instead of opt-out
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Re:Microsoft Releases Classic MS-DOS Editor for Linux Writte... by conductr on Thursday June 26, 2025 @12:43PM (#44389044)
Then they should pay it, not the developers?
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