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    Nothing's going to happen to Linux. The open source movement has millions of contributors around the world. If anything, Windows is actually more at risk: its continued existence depends on a single company.
    "I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
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    I was thinking right now that when Windows XP was released, people criticized its "high" resource usage and "spyware" (time synchronization, cover art downloads for WMP and a few others). Nowadays, it's considered a much lighter and spy-free alternative to Windows 8 and above.

    We didn't know how good we had it, huh?
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    We never had it good. Every Windows OS that was released was much worse than the previously released one.
    People just got used to it and majority think that "it's normal". It's normal for them to spy, it's normal for the OS to come with more disadvantages than advantages and so on. I couldn't take it anymore when I made that jump. I was losing my damn mind with all their crappy changes, crap built on crap on top of other crap, similar to a house of cards.
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    Quote Originally Posted by anon
    Nothing's going to happen to Linux.... Windows is actually more at risk
    generally speaking, both linux and windows will change, for the worse, simply because people who steer their development are highly corrupted, consumed by greed and desire to control (the users)
    this applies to all areas of human activities, where such people rise to the top

    Quote Originally Posted by Master Razor
    We never had it good.
    the thing is, we never deserved any better (or any worse) than that what we eventually had
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    Quote Originally Posted by Master Razor View Post
    We never had it good. Every Windows OS that was released was much worse than the previously released one.
    According this logic, Windows 1.0 was the best version ever released

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    generally speaking, both linux and windows will change, for the worse, simply because people who steer their development are highly corrupted, consumed by greed and desire to control (the users)
    this applies to all areas of human activities, where such people rise to the top
    Can't agree there on Linux. There isn't one person or a small group that can steer development of all distros to fulfill a particular goal or agenda. Their open source nature makes such a thing impossible in the first place. Torvalds and Stallman are very well known and respected people in the free software movement, but they aren't in a position to dictate which direction all of Linux will take in the same way Microsoft's CEO can decide the same about Windows.

    As an example, look at what happened with Debian. They changed the init system to systemd, many people didn't like this choice and complained, but the higher ups didn't budge... so they ended up making a fork that's fully compatible with the original but doesn't include systemd.

    On Windows, if you don't like the way something is done and Microsoft doesn't want to change it, all you can do is deal with it... maybe install a third-party hack if there many others with the same concern as you and someone's bothered to make one.

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    Provides a good summary of what I said about Microsoft's past in post #15.
    "I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
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    Quote Originally Posted by anon
    Can't agree there on Linux. There isn't one person or a small group that can steer development of all distros to fulfill a particular goal or agenda.
    torvalds & co. steer (or steered) the development, which impacts all distros
    corporations are heavily investing in linux and as such can steer the direction of its development, which impacts all distros
    linux will be used to support the globalist corporate agenda (IoT and the like), which means developed to aid such goals
    linux failed to seriously rival windows/mac regarding the desktop/laptop consumer market (1,66%)

    no single distro displayed an ability to counter such issues, which is surely a change for the worse, regarding the end user
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    torvalds & co. steer (or steered) the development, which impacts all distros
    Ok how does this work? The kernel development team makes a change in the kernel then the kernel packagers in the distribution management team has no option whether to include that or not ?
    Are you talking about something different ?
    Sure linux as a software ecosystem suffers but not as much as closed source software.
    There isn't one person or a small group that can steer development of all distros to fulfill a particular goal or agenda.
    The closest thing we have on linux is Red Hat but I will not expand on that now because it doesn't add to the discussion.
    I don't know why but you are basically building up an ideological argument based on a simplified version of the kernel development process.

    Even with Windows it would not be as simple.
    because people who steer their development are highly corrupted, consumed by greed and desire to control (the users)
    Since I'm too tired to write something right now and want to post this here's a quote from a game. I also don't fully agree with your statement.
    OK, so who runs Sovereign? Officially, the board of directors. But they have to do what the stakeholders want, or they'll be voted off and replaced. That's not a theory, that happens all the time. So they have literally no autonomy. They just execute the will of the stakeholders, no matter what. So the stakeholders run Sovereign, right?
    Wrong. Well, partially. Because the people who buy stock in a company only really care about that stock growing. There are millions of them, with a million different ideologies and agendas, but when it comes to how the majority votes it's one hundred percent predictable: maximise profit.
    The point is, that's not really a human will. There are lots of human wills involved, but in aggregate they act like a machine, or an unthinking force. It's just profit, for its own sake, zero other considerations. And that's what effectively runs Sovereign. No one person, not even a group of people, but a cold, unthinking force that emerges from their collective behaviour and the structure they operate in.
    And what's scary about that is- I mean that's just scary. But what's scariER is, that means the company doesn't have to act in a way that benefits ANYONE involved in it. A director has to order an invasion because she'll be voted out if she doesn't. Her subordinate has to put people he cares about in harms way to get it done. Those people have to do terrible things. And no-one, no human, wants this to happen. The structure wants it to happen, and the humans have to obey. No-one can afford to lose their job. They're enslaved by a construct they created, an artificial intelligence that runs on the meat of a trillion human minds.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sbf
    Sure linux as a software ecosystem suffers but not as much as closed source software.
    the point is that both tend to be run by corrupt people with goals revolving around greed and power, which is eventually proven by their actions, like the way linux ended up serving corporate interests, as a tool for further enslavement

    another point is that contributors or users are foolish to put their trust in such people, it is a recipe for disappointment or disaster

    The closest thing we have on linux is Red Hat but I will not expand on that now because it doesn't add to the discussion.
    on the contrary, this commercial distributor is an example of significant influence on linux development



    Quote Originally Posted by Sovereign story
    But they have to do what the stakeholders want, or they'll be voted off and replaced. That's not a theory, that happens all the time.
    they still have a choice: do it or don't do it

    They're enslaved by a construct they created, an artificial intelligence that runs on the meat of a trillion human minds.
    their choices have led towards this construct, but the construct has no own intelligence, it only appears to have it - however, there is an intelligence which allows all this to function, which keeps them all manifested within the materialistic world
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    I have a feeling that sometimes when you state things you think they are common knowledge or close to common knowledge.

    the point is that both tend to be run by corrupt people with goals revolving around greed and power
    How did you arrive at this conclusion and why do you think it fits to the current two models we are talking about ?
    like the way linux ended up serving corporate interests, as a tool for further enslavement
    I would like some examples and more specific wording. ( do not ignore this, I never think I'm 100% right but if you have a proper example I might change my mind / this is not bait )
    on the contrary, this commercial distributor is an example of significant influence on linux development
    Actually no, it's an example of significant influence in userland development. ( I can expand if you want )
    they still have a choice: do it or don't do it
    Even if I have a deterministic world view that quote was meant to underline a relationship matrix which emerges ( I hate this word ) in complex hierarchical systems. It is unlikely that lust for power and greed are the only possible success motivator for individuals. I think the construct is metaphoric.
    which keeps them all manifested within the materialistic world
    Also write a little about the last part like your explaining to a five year old.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sbf
    How did you arrive at this conclusion
    generally, such outcome is expected in this age or era, lets call it 'the age of corruption'
    otherwise, one can look at their words, personalities, ethics, ideologies, supporters, connections, their actions and the results thereof

    I would like some examples
    Code:
    https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/images/iot/guide-to-iot-infographic.png
    Even if I have a deterministic world view that quote was meant to underline a relationship matrix which emerges ( I hate this word ) in complex hierarchical systems.
    what kind of relationship matrix emerges is determined by those aforementioned choices - due to the 'the age of corruption' some are more common than others, namely those that promote some kind of corruption

    It is unlikely that lust for power and greed are the only possible success motivator for individuals.
    there are many motivators, though these are common to most people and especially to those on top positions (colloquially referred to as 'absolute power that corrupts absolutely')


    which keeps them all manifested within the materialistic world
    was referring to the intelligence that is the origin of all creation (materialistic cosmos), that maintains this world in all its aspects, that is known under many names, like...

    Also write a little about the last part like your explaining to a five year old.
    God
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    Quote Originally Posted by slikrapid View Post
    generally, such outcome is expected in this age or era, lets call it 'the age of corruption'
    otherwise, one can look at their words, personalities, ethics, ideologies, supporters, connections, their actions and the results thereof
    such an outcome is to be expected in any age or era if you look for it, I am asking for something with epistemic value
    If I'm allowed to make a weird analogy human beings aren't inherently evil and dark just because you're Freud and there are wars around you.
    Code:
    https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/images/iot/guide-to-iot-infographic.png
    There are no palpable sources. Just sites stated as sources. There's one article which is short, written by a firm which specializes in using buzzwords to create revenue and says that that firm is going to be succesful.
    Computers smaller than a grain of sand can be sprayed or injected almost anywhere.
    yeah no
    Someday soon, connected robots will have the ability to learn from each other and work in teams to increase efficiency and solve scientific problems
    someday soon heh, just like in my movies, who cares about all that deep learning shit or that they pretty much do that already, lemme just put this picture here with some suited up television coffee buddies

    I can't say I was expecting anything better from jewtel to be honest.

    what kind of relationship matrix emerges is determined by those aforementioned choices - due to the 'the age of corruption' some are more common than others, namely those that promote some kind of corruption
    See, I disagree with you basically at the start at the age of corruption thing. 1*
    was referring to the intelligence that is the origin of all creation (materialistic cosmos), that maintains this world in all its aspects, that is known under many names, like...
    God
    I'm also a fedora lord.

    [1]All humans have an inherent need for power. The humans at the top of hierarchies are the ones which have that need most manifested in their identity. With a high enough amount of social or economical power you no longer are kept in check by other individuals and this corrupts you as in you stop giving a shit ?
    What is the definition of corruption here ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sbf
    such an outcome is to be expected in any age or era if you look for it, I am asking for something with epistemic value
    that doesn't change the fact that ages are differentiated by the amount of corruption occurring within them and this age (called Kali Yuga) is the worst of all 4 within a cycle

    even without such information, you can observe all kinds of problems in the human society, which culminate in wars, disasters, deceptions, injustice, disease, pollution, perversions and debauchery; as well as negative occurrences in other species and the environment

    human beings aren't inherently evil and dark just because...
    they are born in a fallen state (which translates as: corrupt), they are educated in a corrupt system, live in a corrupt society and the current age is favorable to such things, which makes them common and widespread
    thus their actions, psychological and mental processes result with the problems mentioned above
    which means they have a high probability of ending up quite evil and dark in such living conditions

    There are no palpable sources.
    the image shows where development is headed (steered), which means linux already is and will be developed to comply with such needs, used in the attempt to achieve all that

    See, I disagree with you basically at the start at the age of corruption thing.
    your disagreement about the presence of corruption in all ages is not an argument against the presence of corruption in this age



    I'm also a fedora lord.
    the idea that you may be a lord of something, lording over something is a corrupt view - you're not even the lord of your own thoughts, let alone something else

    All humans have an inherent need for power.
    they have the tendency to desire power, which can be changed by shifting the desire to something else, something positive and virtuous

    which have that need most manifested in their identity.
    in their (false) identity called the false ego, through the process of nurturing (reinforcing) such desires

    With a high enough amount of social or economical power you no longer are kept in check by other individuals
    you are always kept in check, but since (as an observable net result) other individuals seem to be aiding you in your pursuit, you may falsely assume to be above their reach or above any influence

    as in you stop giving a shit ?
    the idea that you may be above morals or ethics is also a corrupt view

    What is the definition of corruption here ?
    any lack of virtue may be viewed as corruption
    any erroneous statement may be viewed as corruption
    any assumption may be viewed as corruption
    living with (the contamination of) a false ego is a corruption
    etc.
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    the idea that you may be a lord of something, lording over something is a corrupt view - you're not even the lord of your own thoughts, let alone something else
    sigh
    Fedora lord is internet slang for atheist.
    You are arguing from a eastern religious perspective without being emphatic or charitable.
    For everything which appears wrong to your there are already better modern models than old scripture.
    The image shows nothing but bad PR made by some undergrad shit. We are just jumping around terms of your choosing.

    I yield on the corruption side of things since this will get us no where and I gain nothing. Concentrate on giving me a clear and clean example of
    torvalds & co. steer (or steered) the development, which impacts all distros
    if you can with mailing list examples and direct consequence towards ALL linux distributions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sbf
    atheist.
    well, that is unfortunate

    You are arguing from a eastern religious perspective without being emphatic or charitable.
    being emphatic or charitable means providing genuine eastern religious and spiritual knowledge, so one can learn and improve his current fallen condition

    For everything which appears wrong to your there are already better modern models than old scripture.
    all modern models are built on assumptions by research from a state of ignorance, whereas (sacred) scripture is produced by divine revelation from a state of knowledge
    modern models have no capacity to go beyond the stage of theory that is hopefully good enough to roughly describe the materialistic world in a usable fashion

    how good these models are can be seen from the current disastrous and unhealthy situation in the world in virtually all fields of human activity, since it is mainly based on implementing and pushing such models

    bad PR made by some undergrad shit.
    more like intentional and fairly professional boasting, due to being all fired up and assured of success

    Concentrate on giving me a clear and clean example of...
    major corporate involvement in linux development ought to be enough to raise anyone's brows, but if this is a situation like that of Thomas (christian 'slang'), no evidence will suffice
    further proof will be provided by the future, as we witness the results of such involvement
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