We're now at the final stage of conspiracy theory damage control with respect to the idea that Microsoft is trying to lock down the PC platform and prevent non-Windows operating systems from booting:
1. It's not happening, I don't know what you're talking about, anybody who believes that has been radicalized by Russian propaganda
2. Well, yeah, maybe it is happening here and there, but it's no big deal, and it's certainly not through a coordinated effort on our part
3. Yes, it's happening, it's been happening all this while, and here's why it's a good thing <-- we are here
We all will have to reckon with the fact that general purpose computing is going bye-bye. The interests of OEMs and ISVs in delivering a safe, consumable experience to end users are aligned against allowing unsigned, unapproved software from running. And yes, the OEMs, ISVs, and probably most of the consumer market will believe that this is a good thing. The next big thing is remote attestation: the internet will simply stop working properly on your machine unless it can prove that it is running an approved OS and application stack.
You don't understand! Nadella's Microsoft open-sourced a few applications and created a popular text editor, which makes him basically the second coming of Christ in the eyes of a large portion of HN users.
Their numerous anti-user and anti-privacy practices are unimportant. Nadella's Microsoft is "cool" and that's all that matters.
1. It's not happening, I don't know what you're talking about, anybody who believes that has been radicalized by Russian propaganda
2. Well, yeah, maybe it is happening here and there, but it's no big deal, and it's certainly not through a coordinated effort on our part
3. Yes, it's happening, it's been happening all this while, and here's why it's a good thing <-- we are here
We all will have to reckon with the fact that general purpose computing is going bye-bye. The interests of OEMs and ISVs in delivering a safe, consumable experience to end users are aligned against allowing unsigned, unapproved software from running. And yes, the OEMs, ISVs, and probably most of the consumer market will believe that this is a good thing. The next big thing is remote attestation: the internet will simply stop working properly on your machine unless it can prove that it is running an approved OS and application stack.