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   vallor to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: I may have underestimated Microsoft   
   25 Aug 25 06:06:43   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: vallor@cultnix.org   
      
   On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 03:39:27 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro   
    wrote in <108gltf$36rru$1@dont-email.me>:   
      
   > On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 23:10:47 -0400, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 8/24/2025 10:35 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> I'm OK with their backdoor, it's not like Linux distros don't have   
   >>>> them.   
   >>>   
   >>> Which Linux distros have “backdoors”?   
   >>   
   >> I shouldn't have to tell you, if you were aware, paying attention to the   
   >> clues.   
   >   
   > It’s all Open Source -- remember, “Many Eyes Make All Bugs Shallow”.   
   What   
   > do you think the people have missed?   
      
   Don't forget that Joel is delusional on a great many   
   points: and this one appears to be yet another.   
      
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