@lexluthermiester - You, correctly IMO, ask posters to avoid Linux promoting, instigating emotive issues and Windows bashing. Then, in the very same sentence no less
, you bash Microsoft for being "dumbasses" because Windows 11 has certain restrictions, conditions, and minimum requirements (or what you are criticizing as "limitations"
) because it won't do what you want it to. You speak with forked tongue.
Your initial claim for starting this thread was admirable. It is sad you decided to bash MS and W10 in the same breath you asked others not to.
FTR everyone, TPM 2.0 (trusted platform module), also known as ISO/IEC 11889, is an
international "standard" for a
secure cryptoprocessor, a dedicated microcontroller designed to
secure hardware through integrated cryptographic keys. This is NOT something Microsoft created to suddenly shove down our throats! It is an industry standard developed by and is being promoted primarily by the
hardware industry, along with business organizations and academia as well! As seen by the
TPM Membership page, Microsoft is just one company among dozens that include AMD, Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Micron, Redhat, WD, GE, and many more.
Microsoft is doing their part by ensuring W11 complies with these international
hardware security standards put in place to protect us!!!! That's not being dumbasses! That's doing the right thing! For us! If you want to blame some one, blame the bad guys, the hackers, malware developers, state-run cyber-criminals, and the anti-malware industry for failing to do their jobs.
Even Apple uses TPM, but of course, they have their own proprietary version, so Macs will not (at least for now) support W11.
And of course UEFI is a similar international standard for hardware and firmware where again, Microsoft is just one company among many, primarily hardware companies, as seen
here.
Contrary to what some just don't seem to get, or want the rest of us to believe, it is the hardware and security industries, not Microsoft, who are the primary driving forces in the advances in computer hardware and IT security. Sure, Microsoft has a say but as you can see, they are just one company out of many in several different industries. It is up the operating system developers to ensure their latest versions support the latest standards. And it is up to the hardware makers to ensure their products also support those standards. It is NOT up to OS developers to support legacy, superseded, obsolete hardware and software.
If W11 did not support the latest industry standards and instead, decided to go their own proprietary way - again - who do you think will be first in line to bash them for not complying with industry standards again? For sure, it would be those same people who are now bashing them for complying with them.
So how about starting over with this thread, and keep the personal biases and hatred for Microsoft and Windows out of this? Okay?
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I am curious what will happen when W11 becomes more widespread and how that will affect sites and programs that still have some
dependence,
connection,
association (can't find the right word) with Internet Explorer now that IE is completely excised from W11. My spamblocker, MailWasher Pro, for example, uses ".Net WebBroswer" to call up your browser if you click on a link in one of your email messages. Because .Net WebBrowser is IE based, if you don't already have a browser session open with your default browser, it calls up IE. This causes an error with W11.
This is an example where 3rd party developers are going to have catch up with the times.
