@DenOfEarth @ytc1 @aka_pugs well #WindowsNT owned the workstation market because #Vendors like #SGI & #Sun failed to innovate...

• Abeit sgi hals self-inflicted that by removing the reasons to buy their stuff when they switched to #Itanium #CPU|s and #nvidia #GPU|s and not developing #IRIX any further!

#SunMicrosystems at least didn't stall in terms of #Software, but once #Oracle acqured them and started shaking down Sun Technology users for "#IP infringement" and "License Violations" they basically made using anythibg but #Linux a bad choice on #Servers!

• Meanwhile #Apple to this day doesn't even halfass #Servers anymore and is constantly giving customers and espechally professionals the middle finger in terms of #Repairability & #Maintainability!

@TheQuinbox nodds in agreement to me "#AI" coding ruins the #readability, #maintainability and #auditability of the #sourcecode, and I do require this.

• Espechally for @OS1337!

@ai6yr nodds in agreement whereas the "akshual coding" is "relatively simple" if one doesn't mind #readability, #maintainability or using understandable variablr names...

• #Testing and having #ReproduceableBuilds as well as #Documentation (even just #comments in #code!) Is way more important, cuz that'll make it maintainable!

Testing can be automated if one builds and documebts the tests that is...

• So yeah, one does not remove or automate away these things easily, cuz even the best #autogenerated documentation needs #proofreading and testing for correctness and completeness!!!

"#AI" can't do this because those #LLM|s don't learn organically but merely act as "#StochasticParrot" and not as intelligent beings that is able or even willing to transfer * exchange information freely...

@OpenComputeDesign same with many other things.

• #GluedInBatteries instead of #ToolfreeSwappableBatteries are just an #excuse for #AntiRepairDesign. points at #Vaio #P11Z & #Fairphone #FP3plus

• #SolderedDownRAM & #SolderedDownSSDs were never valid outside #EmbeddedDevices that need to survive harsh envoirments. points at a rugged, ATEX-certified PTT radio for industrial plants

• #Repairability saves lives! points at Medical Devices

• Want to have more #battery #runtime? We have solutions for that for decades. points at #EeePC and a tool-free, swappable, #aftermarket, high-capavity battery

Personally I'm so pissed off amidst the ongoing #Enshittification that I really need to get the #NUCbook off the ground before my #X230tablet dies.
https://github.com/KBtechnologies/NUCbook

• Tho if I had to choose a #Laptop right now that I can buy in stores I'd pick the @frameworkcomputer / #Framework13 hands-down because it's (sadly!) the by far best #Notebook in terms of #repairability & #maintainability!

@FirewallDragons I think #RightToRepair must necessitate any #RightToModify, because #RepairReuseRecycle necessitates #Upcycling and thus using #AftermarketFirmware.

• And the "legitimate objections" have long been adressed by #ETSI et. al. mandating a #Lockdown on #Baseband / #Wireless-Chipset firmware to "enshure compliance"...

Needless to say I think even that is overreach, as regulators like @BNetzA not only can but will enforce spectrum regulations and pursue violators by all legal means, so it's not as if there is a rampant flood of #SpectrumViolations amd no means to stop them - far from it.

• Personally I want to see a mandate for the maximum possible extend of #maintainability and #modifyability only limited by legal (regulatory compliance) and technical limitations...

@landley @dalias I mean, isn't the whole point of #Linux being written in #C to have #ReadableSource that is #maintainable?

• Like Linux sacrifices a lot in terns of #security and #performance for #readaility and #maintainability when compared to other #unix-esque kernels and that - alongside being relatively "permissively" licensed - made it so successful as it is today...

@bagder same reason for #Linux I guess and same reason why I do all the #OS1337 code in #bash with only .config makefiles where needed:

Readable and thus easy to #audit code allows for #transparency, which is vital for #maintainability and #security...

After all, mistakes do happen and I'd rather have it easy find and fix than optimize every bit at the cost of unmaintainable code.