07.10.13
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Links 20/07/2023: Phone Sales Down, Microsoft Still Trying to Distract From Breach
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Gemini Links 20/07/2023: Cuttlefish and Antenna
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Links 20/07/2023: LibreOffice 7.5.5 and curl 8.2.0
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In Africa's Second-Largest Population GNU/Linux (on Laptops/Desktops, Not Counting Android) is Now at Over 10% Market Share, Based on statCounter
These latest numbers show GNU/Linux rapidly gaining in a country with over 100 million citizens; GNU/Linux is at nearly 9% and ChromeOS at nearly 2% this month
Microsoft Windows in Egypt: From 99% to Less than 9% (Loss of 90% Market Share Since 2010)
Just like in Nigeria, Africa’s other very large population*, Egypt’s reliance on Windows is a thing of the past
Misinformation: The Media is Already Turning Over 1,000 Additional Microsoft Layoffs Into Just 1,000
“Reporters” keep on repeating (parroting) the "10,000" fictional figure from Microsoft (it was vastly more than that; maybe 20,000 or more were impacted by the layoffs); the “reporting” now continues with a subtle distortion wherein over 1,000 — i.e. no upper bound, just lower bound — simply becomes (exactly) 1,000
Microsoft Must be Losing Many Clients in the 'Clown Computing' After Breaches and Many Security Incidents
Microsoft never cared about security; now that there are very serious breaches that expose entire nations Microsoft doubles down on the phony narrative wherein Microsoft protects users rather than spies on them (with back doors)
A Colossal Collapse for Microsoft in Nigeria: From 99% to Just 8%
Microsoft’s desktop/laptop market share in Nigeria has fallen to about 50% (in 2010 it was 99%); factoring in mobile platforms too, Microsoft/Windows share fell from about 90% to 8%
Links 20/07/2023: MySQL 8.1 and WordPress 6.3 Release Candidate 1
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IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 19, 2023
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Jon Miller, Halcyon Chief and Microsoft Gold Partner, Makes It Abundantly Obvious Microsoft Hates GNU/Linux
Microsoft’s minions have undertaken a FUD task; this like a blatant effort to shift attention and blame at a time when the whole “clown computing” ambition of Microsoft is at risk due to a massive security breach (exposing the United States government while the president resigns abruptly). To be clear, 90% or 95% of the time ransomware is a Windows issue. When they blame “Linux” they typically speak of some proprietary VMware issue or weak passwords.
Windows Ruining Firefox for GNU/Linux Users
Reprinted with permission from Ryan
Links 19/07/2023: EasyOS 5.4.8 and a Call to Financially Support the Future of PCLinuxOS
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Leftover Links 19/07/2023: Smartphone Sales Plunge Again
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Gemini Links 19/07/2023: Torture in Fiction, GNU/Linux is Usable
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[Meme] Which Team? A Team of Crooks?
The European Patent Office (EPO) is being demolished from within by the management
Bringing Teams Together (BTT) at the European Patent Office Loathed by the Staff, Based on Internal Survey
The staff representatives at the EPO have issued "quantitative analysis of the impact of BTT in terms of time and costs." It looks like an attempt to sabotage the EPO. The high-level managers are the saboteurs.
Microsoft Whistleblowers Needed for the Public to Know the Full Extent of This Year's Layoffs, Plus 'Temps'/'Permatemps' and Contractors (Probably Tens of Thousands Made Redundant)
We take a closer look at layoffs then (in January) and now (in July). Back then it was 10,000+ in a month, then thousands more each month, now 1000+ in ONE WEEK (at least four times bigger than reported at first); does anyone keep a complete tally of how many people lost their job/contract at Microsoft? Are we at over 20,000 yet?
Links 19/07/2023: Vanilla 4.0, Cython 3.0.0, and VirtualBox 7.0.10
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Links 19/07/2023: Bubble 6.0 Released, Posting from Haiku OS
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IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 18, 2023
IRC logs for Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Data Breach in GLA (Greater London Authority, London Municipality) Not Reported, Formality and Forms Insufficient If Rules Not Followed
One last note on the issue of Greater London Authority (London Municipality); even though forms exist to report security breaches or incidents of data breaches, Greater London Authority never seems to have bothered with this; the culmination of this in the media (a scandal which puts at risk victims of sex crimes) overlooks a history of repeat/recurring incidents
[Meme] Meanwhile in Greater London Authority (London Municipality)
Greater London Authority (London Municipality) has supported impunity for its contractor Sirius ‘Open Source’ upon discovering crimes were committed against its own staff
Links 18/07/2023: Meson 1.2 and More Microsoft Layoffs, Amazon Layoffs
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Links 18/07/2023: Free Speech and Tech Illiteracy
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The Argument for UEFI Restricted Boot is Dead
UEFI “Restricted Boot” (not “Secure” Boot) is — and was all along — about protecting the Windows monopoly; those who spouted out lies in support of Restricted Boot are just Microsoft shills (they always were)
2 Weeks Later and the City of London Police Took No Action Against Fraudsters Who Defrauded Their Staff (People Who Had Worked on Computer Systems of the Met's Overlords)
It has now been a fortnight since we got contacted by the City of London Police (we’re victims of a very serious crime). If cops were to receive a scorecard, it would say an “F”; they don’t give a “F” about victims of crimes, especially when those crimes implicate their friends (as perpetrators), so the matter is already being escalated
Techrights Was Right: Microsoft Fired More Than 4 Times What the Media Said Last Week
A report published just over 2 hours ago confirms what we’ve been repeatedly saying this past week. To quote: “Microsoft laid off more than 1,000 employees over the past week, primarily in customer service and sales roles, people familiar with the changes told Insider. [...] They asked not to be identified discussing sensitive matters.” As Ryan has just put it in IRC: “Windows is a remaining value product. The thing was built shoddily a long time ago and expanded with ticky tacky throughout the years. It’s not surprising you’d be cutting sales and evangelism jobs when the people who are buying more licenses are dwindling and were using it all along anyway and now need it to run legacy applications.”
It Might Be Too Late for the German Government to Fix the EPO (It Had a Lot to Do With This Current Mess)
The German government played a considerable role in EPO abuses, not just tolerated them, not to mention how it is replacing patent courts with kangaroo courts that are illegal and unconstitutional (but are plaintiff-friendly and obscenely industry-connected, i.e. they presume junk patents have merit); is there any hope of redemption left?
[Meme] German Efficiency
Now that EPO management openly attacks and smears its own staff it’s hard not to feel like the objective is to destroy what the EPO stood for (for nearly 50 years)
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