5th March, 2022.
Yes: it’s officially official.
I woke up to an earworm.
Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk.
If I’m going to have the dratted thing banging around my head, I’m going to spread the proverbial joy …
~≈Ÿ≈~
Your following the news about Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, aren’t you?
Me being me, I’ve got half an eye on the technology front.
Apple’s stopped selling services in Russia: alongside other company.
Yesterday?
Besides telling providing extra cyber-security services to Ukraine, Microsoft stopped selling products and services to Russia, yesterday.
I don’t know for sure: but I imagine that one of the products they’ll stop selling, will be the various versions of Windows available.
I imagine that won’t slow Russia down, for now: although it could make it easier for Western cyber-security agencies to to attack older, unpatched, versions of the OS that Russia’s armed forces are using.
We’ll have to see about that.
I also think the Russian people could start shopping around for Russian made Linux distributions.
I can’t see the Russian people not being able to deal with a Microsoft boycott.
I can’t see the Russian government not being able to deal with a Microsoft boycott.
Hmmm …
Did you ever hear of an experiment OS called ReactOS?
It’s still at the very experimental Alpha stage of development: but is supposed to be a drop in replacement for Windows. You can, in theory, install it on a machine, and still use your Windows apps.
Russia’s taken an interest in it, according to some reports.
I’m no IT expert …
But wouldn’t be surprised if the Russian government can get around the Microsoft boycott, using ReactOS.
~≈Ÿ≈~
