11.26.19
IRC Proceedings: Monday, November 25, 2019
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[Humour] European Patents Only Useful Outside the Legal Framework?
Patents that aren't valid in the eyes of courts would best serve patent trolls that settle out of courts, en masse
Microsoft's Share in Web Servers Rapidly Falls to Just 4.5% (Falling More Than 5% in a Single Month)
Microsoft's share as measured at Netcraft (de facto authority in this area) is rapidly declining; expect IIS to go the way of the dodo some time in the coming years
The Lock-downs Are Over and Still Zero Media Coverage About EPO Scandals and Corruption
The appalling state of journalism in Europe (and to some extent in the world at large) means that the EPO's management can get away with all sorts of horrible crimes and fraud; the silencing of the media is, in its own right, quite scandalous
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, July 02, 2020
IRC logs for Thursday, July 02, 2020
“Microsoft's Deadly Love” by Alessandro Ebersol (Agent Smith)
Full credit goes to PCLOS Magazine for publishing this good piece, which we’re reproducing
Links 2/7/2020: Microsoft Partner Says GNU/Linux Share in Desktops/Laptops at 4% Even After Lock-downs, OpenSUSE Leap 15.2 and Mageia 8 Alpha 1 Released
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Why People Should Never Ever Use DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is another privacy abuser in disguise; the above forum thread enumerates key reasons
After 2 Years and 2 Days António Campinos is a Perfect Leader, Fostering EPO Abuses While Smiling
EPO corruption persists, but this time the corruption enjoys better marketing/PR and complicit (or at best silent) media
[Humour] As If Monopolies for Life Will Save People's Lives...
The mentality of monopoly or the mindset of patent maximalism has been quick to exploit the deaths of half a million
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 01, 2020
IRC logs for Wednesday, July 01, 2020
IBM-Funded FSF Censors Itself on Software Patents
Donald Robertson’s article bemoaning and openly condemning the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) over software patents, which it illegally grants in some cases, was modified a week later; and why? One can only guess… (but remember that the FSF’s foremost sponsor is lobbying against 35 U.S.C. § 101 and for software patents)
[Humour/Meme] Remember That As Recently as Last Year Microsoft Was Still Shaking Down and Even Suing Companies Over 'Linux Patent Infringement'
There's no 'new Microsoft' except a (better at) lying Microsoft; its covert actions tell us a lot about its ongoing hatred of GNU/Linux, which it is assaulting in new and more sophisticated ways
Contrary to Common Misconceptions, Free Software is More 'Corporate' or More 'Enterprise-Grade' Than Proprietary Abandonware (All Proprietary Software Will Die)
Free software can leverage the superficial and bland boardroom lingo/slang to promote itself; it would definitely harm or dilute/weaken the terms which proprietary software giants like to leverage against us
Social Control Media Will Not Exist One Day
Digital obsolescence and Internet bitrot — that’s what Social Control Media is really good for; as many Google+ ‘users’ (useds) found out, they’re just being ‘farmed’ for their ‘content’, which is neither valuable nor resilient (definitely of no value to Google)
What Freedom of Software Actually Means to Us
Liberty or libre (freedom) is about more than brands or personalities, as names or institutions or individuals can change or completely perish; but concepts outlast superficialities
[Humour] Thinking Beyond Just the Linux Brand
We're supposed to believe that because "Linux" is dominant we finally have freedom; but almost all the very big companies that are using GNU/Linux leverage it for freedom-hostile purposes and keep about 99% of their code secret from us, so the fight for software freedom must go on
Corporate Media Blames 'China' and 'Open Source' for Back Doors in Microsoft's Intentionally Flawed Proprietary Software That's Causing Chaos
'Red Scare' tactics are being used to divert attention away from Microsoft's incompetence and conspiracy with the NSA (to put back doors in everything, essentially making all software inherently vulnerable, by design)
Microsoft Has Infiltrated Authorities and/or Their Consultation Processes
In the European Union, the United States and just about everywhere else in the world one can find Microsoft officials replacing public officials, as if the decision-making too has been outsourced to the "Good Folks" from Microsoft
Links 1/7/2020: Tails 4.8, Serpent OS
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IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, June 30, 2020
IRC logs for Tuesday, June 30, 2020
EPO Management Celebrates the Lowering of Patent Quality While Granting Invalid Patents (IPs) Instead of European Patents (EPs)
Europe's most autocratic institution continues to cheat and lie to everybody; even twice in one day, together with... the Communist Party of China (through CNIPA)
Links 30/6/2020: OpenSUSE Leap 15.2, 4MLinux 34.0 Beta and IPFire 2.25 - Core Update 146
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[Humour] There's Always a Way... (to Grant Patents on Almost Anything)
The referral from European Patent Office (EPO) President António Campinos leaves the door open to patents on life, provided one paints those as uniquely clever, e.g. GMO (same tricks for software patents in Europe with “Hey Hi” — an overblown buzz wave)
Crocodiles Can Only Ever Fake Empathy
Greenwashing, pinkwashing, openwashing and abduction of various authentic civil rights movements (centered around gender, race, and sometimes economic issues) is very easy and cheap relative to the depths of corporate pockets; the problem is, those things help distract the 'masses' from objectively immoral and universally unacceptable acts
[Humour/Meme] History in the Making or History Being Rewritten?
he idea that history can just totally eliminate particular people and particular views overlooks the very nature of historical studies; banning words impedes the telling of history itself and society cannot tackle the underlying issues without talking about them
A Lot of Things Are Offensive to Someone and Appeasing the Easily Offended is an Endless Adventure That Can Offend Free Speech Ideals
Free speech may be the main casualty of the recent flamewars, which were initially rationalised as ethics-driven and nowadays boil down to speech police
Feeling Vindicated About the Harms of Social Control Media Being Widely Recognised
The cleansing of social control media sites reinforces our long-held views about social control media in general
[Humour/Meme] ZDNet Promoting LOT/OIN as a Force for Good. Says a Lot About ZDNet...
ZDNet has long been a mouthpiece or a parrot for LOT and OIN (overlaps exist); that says so much about the software patents agenda of ZDNet and its parent company, which became defunct 6 months ago, then passed to friends of Bill Gates (privately-owned)
Linus Torvalds Explains Why GNU/Linux Development Speeds Up (Likely Owing to Coronavirus Lock-downs)
The COVID-19 pandemic has so far boosted not only GNU/Linux market share; it's also speeding up development, leaving proprietary software players in the ashes (it's harder for them to make sales and to pay their developers)
IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 29, 2020
IRC logs for Monday, June 29, 2020
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