Comment on Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates

Horsey@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ronigami@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This would almost certainly rule out Linux as an option. What Linux vendor feels comfortable committing to something for 10 years?

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  • ratten@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because Linux is free software, we can implement the fixes ourselves.

    Doing so with Windows or Crapple would literally be illegal.

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    • ronigami@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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.

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