Open Source Trusting Microsoft

Guest Editorial Team

2019-12-26 05:24:29 UTC
Modified: 2019-12-26 05:24:29 UTC

Context: Jim Zemlin: Open Source Loves Microsoft

Microsoft loves Linux and Open Source loves Microsoft

Summary: Microsoft isn't there to look after whatever competes against Windows and its proprietary 'crown jewels'; it's just there to undermine the competition by complete control

Recent Techrights' Posts

Faking Productivity With Slop and Wasting Money on Faking 'Productivity': A Microsoft Story: If the quality of everything at Microsoft goes down
Wikipedia - Like Some Free Software Projects Infiltrated and Bribed - Bans Its Own Founder: Over the years we've named (not shamed) some projects and organisations that got corrupted by money and ended up banning their own founders
The “Aktion T4” at the European Patent Office (EPO) Saves Money for the President's Own Purse: Call for parents of children with special needs
SLAPP Censorship - Part 116 Out of 200: 5 Years of Multiparty Lawfare Against Techrights, Funded by Americans and Also by Third Parties (Including Microsoft Salaries): The public and our government will be informed in full
After IBM's Shares Collapsed the CEO is Trying the "Quantum" Trick Again, Bolstered by a Demented Dictator in the White House: from what we can gather IBM's CEO is trying to get the US government to participate in the scam
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: London Calling...: EPO Vice-President in charge of the "Patent Granting Process" is likely to have been a pay-off for the support which the UK gave to Campinos in 2017
IBM Sends Workers 'Packing', Sometimes With the "Low Performer" Label That Imperils Their Future: To many people out there, IBM correlates with deceit
Links 24/06/2026: Four-Day Workweeks, GM Cut 1,000 Workers at Its EV Plant, 21,000+ Oracle Layoffs: Links for the day
A Step in the Right Direction (EU) in the Fight Against LLM Slop From GAFAM (US): We've already mentioned this in Daily Links, but let's discuss this a little further
SLAPP Censorship - Part 117 Out of 200: Libel Tourism or Defamation Forum-Shopping in the United Kingdom Condemned by the European Union (EU): Last week we reminded readers that the EU had criticised UK defamation law
Demonstration Next Week at the European Patent Office (EPO), Administrative Council Seen as Complicit: Corruption in Europe hurts all of us
IBM is Now Hinged on False Accounting and False Promises: This is the legacy of the current CEO
"PARTNER CONTENT" or 'Content Farms' That Promote Slop and Misinformation (The Register MS): The Register MS represents a big part of the problem we all face
Turn Off the Slop, It's Wasting Energy and Destroying the Planet (the Only Planet We Have): Right now we see lots of headlines about energy shortages and drained-up reserves
Lessons From Almost 30 Years of Site-Building Activities: We still strive to become faster and lighter
Do Not Outsource (the Seductive Mirage): Abandoning so-called 'conventional wisdom'
Media Complicit in IBM Fraud Meant to Prop Up the Share Price Based on Lies, Fabrications: Even IBM insiders are fuming at this
In Some Countries, Windows Has Lost Its Monopoly: Windows fell to an all-time low globally this month
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, June 23, 2026: IRC logs for Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Gemini Links 24/06/2026: Motivation, PostScript Printer, and Why Hyperscalers and the Smolnet are Compatible: Links for the day
The Media's "Satya Says" Syndrome Distracts From Grim Reality: how insiders see Microsoft slop
Oracle's Collapse Has Nothing to do With Slop, It's About Its Debt Exploding by Almost 50% in Just 12 Months: How are people meant to trust the media?
Now... a Word From Our Sponsor: Powerade
Links 23/06/2026: Microsoft Studio Closures and Journalism Subjected to Further Cuts: Links for the day
Gemini Links 23/06/2026: Gardens, Basketball, Blocking Hyperscaler, and New Commodore Phone: Links for the day
Links 23/06/2026: Apple Price Hikes and Technical Debt in Slop: Links for the day
Greece Ought to Curb the Threat of Social Control Media: its national discourse seems to be run by an American company called Facebook
State of the GNU/Linux Desktop (and Laptop): The time to advocate GNU/Linux is now
The 'XBox Narrative' Distracts From Destructive Cuts Across the Whole of Microsoft: Microsoft is preparing to lay off a likely record-breaking number of people [...] this isn't just an XBox problem
SLAPP Censorship - Part 115 Out of 200: Spending the Next Decade Writing About SLAPPs and Trying to Fix the System: It's the same industry that got paid by corrupt EPO officials to try to cover up the corruption
Microsoft's Stock Fell Nearly $200, But the Real Problems Are Just About to Begin: if they dump slop, what will they tell shareholders?
The Cyber Show on Starmer and Software Freedom: The Cyber Show's Andy has just explained why our departing national leader wasn't all bad
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 22, 2026: IRC logs for Monday, June 22, 2026
Gemini Links 23/06/2026: Girlrotting, Homeworlds at BGA, Slop Ruins Sites: Links for the day
A Lifetime of Whistleblowing: Ellsberg did not have an easy life, but it was a rewarding life with a rich legacy focusing on justice
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: A Man With Many Missions...: Campinos – accompanied by Gilles Requena and Patrice Pellegrino
Links 22/06/2026: Ubisoft Co-founder Dies, Americans Have Turned Against Slop: Links for the day
Links 22/06/2026: "The Sycophancy Machine" and "Port 22 Open for 54 Days": Links for the day
When People Who Make the Most Money Are the Best "Boot Lickers" (Sucking Up to Jeffrey Epstein's Circle and the Dictator): Sucking up to rich people may pay off
The Aim is Not Fame: Reposted from schestowitz.com
"Internally Important, Externally Irrelevant": IBM in a Nutshell: Right now its debt spins out of control and its stock spirals down the drain
SLAPP Censorship - Part 114 Out of 200: Thousands of Long Articles to Come, Properly Covering the SLAPP Industry in the UK and Its Modus Operandi: "Stowell described SLAPPs as ‘a stain on our legal system’."
Finding a Way to Get Paid to Improve LibreJS: So now we have more people resurrecting LibreJS and improving it
Microsoft Can't Even Wait Until July, Shutdowns and Layoffs Already Happening: Mashable speak of "a grim picture for the state of Xbox."
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 21, 2026: IRC logs for Sunday, June 21, 2026
Gemini Links 22/06/2026: Appreciating Simple Things, Perfect Summer Evening, IRIX, Vim and so: Links for the day