Who's using who?
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| Author | Content |
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| seatex May 17, 2017 11:09 PM EDT |
Although I see Brian Lunduke's point that being able to run Linux within Windows 10 can aid further adoption of open-source software, I can also see Microsoft using this to further their imagined case that they own Linux intellectual property, as they already claim through their previous and current patent extortions. |
| JaseP May 18, 2017 3:48 PM EDT |
I think it's more to get people to run MS on bare metal and make use of Linux only as guest on a Windows host. They already make it incredibly difficult to install Linux on a machine that comes with Win10, and to run any version of Windows after Vista as a virtual guest on a Linux host. |
| DrGeoffrey May 18, 2017 8:10 PM EDT |
JaseP's observation makes it obvious how important the NSA is to MS. |
| BernardSwiss May 18, 2017 8:32 PM EDT |
I haven't followed this very closely, but I can't help wondering about the security implications of this. I have heard for example, that this "Linux Sub-system" doesn't implement anything like 'su' or 'sudo'. How careful is Microsoft being about the implementation? Is this going to end up being the next 'Windows Scripting Host'-style malware vector? |
| seatex May 18, 2017 8:51 PM EDT |
JaseP - Good points. Secure Boot was likely Stage 1, with this being Stage 2. |
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