SleafordMod@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCampaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updateswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up1599arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1592arrow-down1external-linkCampaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updateswww.theregister.comSleafordMod@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square140fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareronigami@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoThis would almost certainly rule out Linux as an option. What Linux vendor feels comfortable committing to something, anything, for 15 years?
minus-squareratten@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoBecause Linux is free software, we can implement the fixes ourselves. Doing so with Windows or Crapple would literally be illegal.
minus-squareronigami@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYes, but to fulfill that requirement the company would have to be around to review the code changes and merge and provide QA. For 15 years.
This would almost certainly rule out Linux as an option. What Linux vendor feels comfortable committing to something, anything, for 15 years?
Because Linux is free software, we can implement the fixes ourselves.
Doing so with Windows or Crapple would literally be illegal.
Yes, but to fulfill that requirement the company would have to be around to review the code changes and merge and provide QA. For 15 years.