It would be nice to break-up monopolies. And it’s hard to think of one more inefficient for the industry it’s in.

I’m reminded of this:

https://www.automotivelinux.org

Laugh at Microsoft all you want for their inexcusable and slapstick comedy of errors in security, operating system, online office, and browser blunders, but when it comes to lobbying politicians, corporate officers, and building a monopoly, they’re epic.

I appreciate you raising this question, thank you.

This person here is doing the Lord’s work. Thank you, OP, and have a great day.

It’s beautiful! You should be so proud.

Glory to open source, to humanity, to nature.

May I recommend the following, from the renown French physician, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin?

guillotine

This man is my hero.

Many cars are powered by a flavor of Linux called AGL - Automotive Grade Linux

Check out all the brands shown here:

https://www.automotivelinux.org

This is beautifully written and I agree with the analogy, though I never saw it that way before. Thank you for sharing this.

Way to go and I’m with you. Years ago, we were all forced to switch to Windows due to an acquisition - locked down with Bit locker so you couldn’t even use the USB ports.

I purchased a copy of VMware, installed Linux on the guest operating system, and did my work from there.

The heavy e-commerce platform I was running in the guest Linux OS, ran faster than in the host Windows OS. I believe Windows was 20 to 30% slower.

Also in the guest Linux OS, I was able to use all the USB ports. It was beautiful.

Others in my office started doing the same thing.

I like to ask in job interviews if Linux is an option.

Glad you got a great setup!