- unsigned code pops up with a big warning 'your pc will explode' or something like that when you try to run it. - signed code does not need a cross signed certificate. Any CA can include the code signing oids and voila. This displays as yellow but the CN is extracted as the publisher name. - Finally EV certificates give you 'instant reputation' i.e. no orange warning. The difference is entirely audit related and the OIDs you may include. The crypto is identical to normal certs.

This I'm fine with. I understand Microsoft wanting to protect their kernel and the user experience and I'm on board with that but I like the fact that windows has traditionally been a very open system. It is a real shame it is heading the other way.

I haven't developed windows drivers for years though, or used windows as my daily machine for years either (it was Linux at home, windows at work, now Linux for both).

That's my ideal plan but for many reasons it's been a long road for me and others I know.

In controlled environments where the outcomes are either narrow or clearly defined then money can be thrown at the problem to ensure that Linux penetration is 100%. Unfortunately, I'd hate to count the number of times I've seen this objective come unstuck for many reasons, thus an annoying residual of Windows installations remain.

Generally, it's not the lack of Linux applications that's the problem but more a mixture of compatibility issues brought about by a diverse range of hardware types and vintages thereof combined with either a lack of Linux drivers or the poor performance thereof - for instance the nVidia driver and Linux's native NTFS driver that's now old and leaves much to be desired (yes, I'm aware of Paragon's NTFS diver and I'm hoping that it will, in part, improve matters).

Also, ordinary users still have significant difficulties in installing Windows apps in WINE not to mention getting printer drivers to work. I don't know how many times I've heard "I tried to install the CD that came with the printer and it didn't work".

It would be nice to see the Linux community spend more time on these compatibility issues for if we could solve many of them then we'd see an upsurge in Linux usage on the desktop.

Even I haven't eliminated Windows completely. As far as I'm concerned this is now a high imperative given that Windows has morphed from being an independent operating system into a fully-fledged functional appendage of the Microsoft Corporation.