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yuhong on March 17, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Before you Dual Boot – MS, OEMs and Linux

I once proposed handing the keys to an independent standard body, particularly after FSF complained about the process.

mindslight on March 17, 2014 [–]

But why forge a centralized ring of power in the first place? Even completely above-reproach independent bodies can still be co-opted by subpoenas and the like. And the mere existence of that possibility for control is blood in the water for governments.

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