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Very bad choice of design for the website. I'm supposed to be interested in this, but this website looks like they're trying to sell me some multi-million contract.

Are there any actual, proven benefits to these blood transfusions, or are they just something rich people like to do for the sake of it?

That's got nothing to do with having a stable API. There are thousands of device drivers that were written over 10 years ago which work perfectly well on current versions of Windows and which will keep working for years to come.

Linux made the political decision not to allow this, at the expense of end users.

Define "technical requirement". It's not really technical, it's political. As an end user, I couldn't care less about being able to inspect how the code works. What I would like is for Linux to have a stable API for drivers, so out-of-tree drivers could work on every release without DKMS or crap like that. Windows could do it, so it's definitely not a "technical requirement".

If they are afraid of getting bug reports from guys running out-of-tree drivers, they can still keep using the "tainted" mechanism. It is not incompatible with having a stable API.

That is true and, at the same time, the EU is forcing all countries to implement this directive into their law, whether they want it or not. There are 8 countries that don't want it, but they can't oppose.

As long as France and Germany like it, that's all there is to it. Arguing will get you nowhere.

Wait, how are you supposed to use a host name as a DNS server?

This is the reason I never go to pools. You're basically swimming in a solution of pee, sweat, vaginal fluids, and God knows what else.

I don't believe this to be a "conspiracy". It's nothing shadowy, really. What they did is completely natural. That doesn't mean I support the idea though.

systemd became a standard because the guy works at Red Hat so he can make GNOME require it (there is no way to use GNOME without systemd; distros that allow that such as Gentoo do so by patching GNOME, which is costly.)

I agree that a more modern init system is necessary, but the idea of systemd is meh and the implementation is subpar.

They already announced .dev in November, they've had plenty of time to design the website.

And teddyh is making a suggestion. Hence "I wish". You are being unnecessarily rude.

Because they don't want people using 7 anymore I guess?