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On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:42:48 +0100, druck wrote:
>> Sounds like a conspiracy theory to me. How does this lock-in work
>> in practice? It doesn?t seem to be very effective, I have
>> systemd-based platforms, and a three-layer rendering software chain
>> with Wayland in the middle, and yet no RedHat in sight.
>
> It didn`t work very well because for inexplicable reasons other
> distros (including otherwise sensible ones, and I`m looking at you
> Debian) have adopted Red Hat`s poison chalice(s).
Bizarre. I have heard others claim, with an equally straight face,
that Red Hat?s diabolical plot *was* to force the other distros to
adopt that ?poison chalice? ...
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