XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: none@not.here   
      
   Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > Lawrence D?Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:47:45 +0000, MikeS wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> To me it is perfect as a warning to potential Linux users. Stay well   
   >>> away unless you want to enter a world of condescending geeks with a   
   >>> warped idea that everyone should be "a responsible adult" computer   
   >>> user, i.e. a geek like them.   
   >> Because of course Microsoft doesn?t treat you that way, does it? It   
   >> considers you to be a responsible adult, quite capable of being   
   >> responsible for your own destiny, without any babysitting, overriding   
   >> your default settings, forcing updates on you, pushing ?features? on   
   >> you that you didn?t want, or anything like that!   
   >    What you say goes for *any* company (last time I checked, Linux wasn't   
   > a company), whether in IT or other.   
      
   That's right, Linux has no control over you like M$ does   
      
   >   
   >    But this 'responsible adult' has no problems with any of the issues or   
   > concerns you raise. Not with Microsoft, not with Google (including   
   > Android), etc., etc,.   
   >   
   >    But yes, the ignorant[1]/clueless/stupid are at risk, from any and all   
   > of them. News at eleven!   
   >   
   > [1] As in: not knowing/aware.   
      
      
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