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How I discovered that Bill Gates monopolized ACPI in order to break Linux (enaix.github.io)

submitted 3 days ago by Sunshine@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 3 days ago (1 children)

One thing I find myself wondering about is whether we shouldn’t try and make the “ACPI” extensions somehow Windows-specific. If seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the work and the result is that Linux works great without having to do the work. … Maybe we couid define the APIs so that they work well with NT and not the others even if they are open. Or maybe we could patent something relaled to this.

This is insane.. Isn’t it like the textbook definition of lobbying?

No, that’d be something along the lines of racketeering and/or bribery. Lobbying is trying to influence someone to do something. If you do it with nice words that’s not typically much of a problem. But when you say you’re going to make sure they’re going to earn a lot of money from doing X then that’s bribery.

[–] mle86@feddit.org 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I[t] seems unfortunate if we do this work and [...] the result is that Linux works great without having to do the work. …

Man I just don't get this mindset of "it was hard for me, can't have it be easy for someone else. Even if it takes additional work, I'll make sure the next person struggles at least as much as me". It's like companies designing a great product and then spending additional develpment time making sure it's not user repairable, even if it means compromising a good design.

We'd still be in the stone age if everyone thougt like that.