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Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2006-12-10 13:53:09 UTC
Modified: 2006-12-10 13:53:09 UTC

Do you still remember Novell's self censorship? They cannot deny the fact that they were 'cleaning up' all Web site material which contains less than flattery about Windows? Yes, they pulled these down just as they abandoned their open Source competitor to Microsoft Exchange Server, among other things.

It is rather hard to believe that Novell's identity was altogether different before they opted for Microsoft servitude. Have a look at this old 'advertisement'.

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Most "Modern" Technology Makes You Slower and Dumber: Because proprietary software makes you worse off
"What Comes After Free Software?" Wrongly Insinuates We've Reached the Goal (Prison is Not the Goal): The oil tycoons use similar tactics against environmentalists, giving them fake "wins"
Making More Work Space: I learned the hard way that less is more in circumstances where more means distraction
MAHA is a Lie, Public Officials Never Valued Citizens' Health (They Still Value Private Businesses, Their Sponsors): Reject demagogues
New Techrights Turns 2: Today starts the third year of the SSG-based Techrights
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If You Don't Control Your Online Platform, Then Someone Else is Controlling You: be (or become) independent
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Has a Policy on Racism and Sexism: In then future we'll show the misogyny and racial slurs
Links 22/09/2025: Murdochs Might Join Fentanylware (TikTok) 'Investors' (Masters), United Kingdom Recognises Palestinian Statehood: Links for the day
Brett Wilson LLP Has Just Been Sued (by Their Own Clients!): Vladimir and Alla Yanpolsky sued Brett Wilson LLP in BL-2025-001167 at the end of last week
The Complaint About Brett Wilson LLP - Part II - UK SLAPPs for Americans, SLAPPs for Profit: Brett Wilson LLP has a track record of this kind
Mayday: Optus emergency calling crisis: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 23/09/2025: Massive Data Breach, Slop Versus Productivity, and Vista 11 Update Breaks Things Again: Links for the day
Code of Censorship: Extortion is peace
Free Software Foundation (FSF) Has a New Press Kit for the Weekend After Next Weekend (40th Anniversary): miles better than social [sic] media [sic] quips, moderated by narcissists and oil tycoons.
Microsoft Had Two Waves of Mass Layoffs This Month (That We Know of) and It'll Get Worse for Microsoft Soon: Will the axe fall again by month's end?
Gemini Links 23/09/2025: Happy Equinox, Photronic Arts, and Perception Cognition: Links for the day
Lessons We've Learned After 17 Years of American Hosting: GAFAM is "all-in" with the "Trump agenda"
Back to Normal Now, We Plan to Do More In-Depth Series (or Multi-part Stories): Articles (or series thereof) that contain philosophy are important to us
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 22, 2025: IRC logs for Monday, September 22, 2025
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The Next Wave of IBM/Red Hat Layoffs Being Discussed Already: Red Hat is sort of disappearing the way Tivoli did
Oracle Started This Year With Slop. Then It Stopped.: Passing fads are like this
Distros That Run on PCs Made 20 Years Ago and Don't Use Systemd: Betas for now
The Complaint About Brett Wilson LLP - Part I - Abusing British Women on Behalf of American Men Who Abuse American Women: Transparency is important to us, so we've decided to make this series
Slopwatch: Google News and the Evident Slopfarm Infestation: This is what people get about Linux when they query Google for Linux
Gemini Links 22/09/2025: Esperanto Music History and Apps For Android: Links for the day
Links 22/09/2025: More American 'Censorship' (Retaliation for Journalism), Cheeto "Might Be Losing His Race Against Time": Links for the day
The Blob Slop: Give me more words, give me some text
The 50-Pound Note Experiment and the "War on Cash": Britain is actually seeing a rebound in cash payments, and it's not a temporary phenomenon
Slopwatch: Blaming the Victims for Microsoft's Failures and Plagiarising Phoronix: That's what Google has been reduced to: slop and slopfarms
Links 22/09/2025: Breaches, Windows TCO, and Arrests: Links for the day
Gemini Links 22/09/2025: Rabbit Hole and DeGoogling Fairphone: Links for the day
Links 22/09/2025: Russian War Planes Invade NATO Airspace While Dihydroxyacetone Man Escalates Attack on Free Speech Because of Critics: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 21, 2025: IRC logs for Sunday, September 21, 2025
Links 21/09/2025: "Hey Hi" (Hype) Under Fire, Fakes Identified; Tesla Burns Family: Links for the day
Google's Software is Malware and Malware in Mobile Devices: Originally posted by Rob Musial
Links 20/09/2025: Hegemony Coming to a Close, Luigi Mangione Ruled Not Terrorist: Links for the day
Gemini Links 21/09/2025: "Charlie Kirk Was a Hateful Piece of Shit" and Slop Code Attempted by Microsofter: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, September 20, 2025: IRC logs for Saturday, September 20, 2025

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