[Humour/Meme] IBM's Money is Unhealthy to the Free Software Foundation (FSF)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2020-07-07 09:45:14 UTC
Modified: 2020-07-07 09:45:14 UTC

Recent: Guix Petition Demographic Data, by Figosdev (spoiler: many IBM employees)

Janeway and Q: FSF, RMS, IBM, GNU

Summary: IBM will never be happy as long as RMS (Richard Stallman) has a say in the FSF -- directly or indirectly -- or even in the GNU Project, both of which he himself created back when IBM was the biggest monopolist

Recent Techrights' Posts

Growing Proportion of Linux Commits Being Made by LLMs Not a Sign of LLMs Working, It's a Sign of Linux Development Being Shifted From Community to GAFAM and Other Slop Pushers: antagonist became apologist
Worse Than "Taking Your Job", the Slop Pyramid Scheme Will "Take Your Pension": This will not end well
Rumours of Further IBM Shutdowns: IBM is going out of existence
Many Anniversaries: Many anniversaries in quick succession
Alternate Data (Not IBM's Headcount) to Show Mass Layoffs' Effect at IBM (Despite Many Acquired Workers Via M&A): mass layoffs at Hashicorp and at Confluent this year (media did not cover either).
Big Blue's Quiet Axe - Poem Regarding IBM "RAs": No idea who posted this, but it is profound
Abundance of Fake (Sometimes Paid-for) 'News' About IBM Will Discredit the Media as a Whole: In 'the news' today
Microsoft is Trying Vapourware Again (to Keep Developers and Gamers From Fleeing): For XBox, the main thing over the horizon is additional layoffs
statCounter Reckons 12.33% of Web Traffic in Gambia Can be Attributed to GNU/Linux, Even 15% If Adding ChromeOS: Will this be sustainable?
Reminder: The Pedophilia Problem Comes From the Accusers: Attacks on Richard Stallman are a distraction; his accusers are themselves the culprits
SLAPP Censorship - Part 139 Out of 200: Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Needs More Public Scrutiny (New Management Changed Nothing, It's Costing a Lot of Taxpayers' Money): millions or maybe billions of pounds wasted
Brigading Against Women - Part II - Threatening Women Using the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) and Then False Threats Miscarrying the Name of a Court: In this series we intend to show the threats, the outcomes of those threats, the response to those threats
Collapse of MElon Companies a Taste of What's to Come for Slop Bubble and GAFAM (Trillions in Debt, Justified as Slop "Investments"): One good example of this was SpaceX
The 'Hyperinflation' in Hardware Dooms Video Hosting (Very Large Files): a terabyte of video files would be expensive
Rumours of Silent Layoffs in Microsoft This Month (August 2026), PIPs and Global Voluntary Separation Agreement (GVSA), aka "Buyouts": Will any investigative journalism follow or just shallow puff pieces and LLM trash from slopfarms?
Links 04/08/2026: "Framework for Musician Burnout" and Alexa+ "is a Buggy Embarrassment": Links for the day
Signs That XBox as a Console is Coming to an End, Windows Gaming Will be Called "XBox": "XBox" is the next "Surface"
Microsoft's Share in Search Falls Sharply in Europe: The layoffs at Microsoft's Bing will carry on
Romania: GNU/Linux Reaches 4% (Less Than EU Average): We expect this same upward trend to carry on
Microsoft Sites or Sites Sponsored by Microsoft Angry That GNU/Linux is Gaining: The Microsofters cannot easily dismiss reports of GNU/Linux growth as "bots" or just allege that statCounter alone is wrong
Ableism in the Free Software Movement Typically Comes From GAFAM Operatives and Proprietary Software Apologists: And their hired guns
Afghanistan: GNU/Linux Steadily Rises to 9%: Windows is steadily declining
IBM Innovation: It Has Invented New Methods of Silent Layoffs or Secret RAs: How IBM disguises mass layoffs now
LLM Slop Won't Replace People and Jobs (in the Long Run): At the end of the day, people who know their job offer more useful information, whereas LLMs waste people's time (typically an 'externality' to the entity deploying chatbots)
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 03, 2026: IRC logs for Monday, August 03, 2026
Over 3,500 Known Gemini Capsules Accessible and Active According to Lupa: It finally happened this morning
Gemini Links 04/08/2026: Library Cards, Dead Ends in Software Development, and DOS on USB Key: Links for the day
IBM Has Embraced and Rewarded Liars: The IBM culture vanished
statCounter Estimates GNU/Linux at 5.32% in Kuwait, Years Ago It Was Near 0%: Kuwait rose to fame in the 1990s because of a war
Swatting People Who Write About Corruption, Misogyny, Criminal Misuse of Funds: we've given ourselves a decade to cover all those stories
GNU/Linux Rises Above 6% in Colombia: In Colombia, which is a large south American country, GNU/Linux has risen steadily in recent years
SLAPP Censorship - Part 138 Out of 200: Garrett Has Basically "Lost" and It is "Embarrassing" to Them: they just wound up costing hundreds of thousands of pounds
Gemini Links 03/08/2026: Great Exodus, xkcd as Text, and Dead Ends: Links for the day
GNU/Linux Has Surged to 6.3% in Madagascar: Madagascar's adoption of Free software is a subject we covered a lot in past years
Microsoft's Slop Bet is Killing the XBox Even Faster: LLMs destroy almost anything they touch
The Cyber Show on "Weaponised Antisocial Technology": by Andy
Alexandre Oliva on Slippery Slop (LLMs): By Alexandre Oliva
RMS Won the Argument and Now GNU Wins Over Computer Users: He can look back at nearly 43 years of GNU and say, "I was right..."
statCounter Corrects GNU/Linux Estimates, Now Measured at 9% Worldwide: Windows has sunk like a rock
GNU/Linux-Centric Blogs Belatedly Pick Up News About GNU/Linux Gains: 4-8% Depending on the Surveyor: more people will get curious and give it a go
Links 03/08/2026: Strike By Flight Attendants (WestJet) and Greedflation: Links for the day
Links 03/08/2026: EU Curtailed Slop, Frank Zappa Recalled: Links for the day
Daniel Pocock on Sky News This Morning: No harm done
Morten Linderud Has Helped Microsoft Put Locks (and Kill Switches) on the PCs of Arch Linux Users: "the first rule of "secure boot" is to disable "secure boot"
In Poor Peru, GNU/Linux Surges From 1% to 5% in a Few Years: Windows is dying
All Social Control Media is a Weapon (Against Its Users, Serving the Real Owners): That social control networks are weaponised isn't a new concept
Fanning the Flames of Journalism: This week we have several surprises coming
Forcing the Slop Bubble to Implode Fully to Save the Economy From an Even Greater Collapse and Societal Harm: Let's blow up the bubble. The sooner, the better
GNU/Linux at 8% in Croatia: somewhat of a GNU/Linux adoption hotbed
It's Easy to Predict Microsoft Layoffs for October 2026 Because of the Financial 'Results' That Month (More Faking, More Secret Debt and Buzzwords to Perfume This Debt as "Investment"): From what we've read, Microsoft is silently laying off people this month based on LITE, which leads to PIPs
Not Hard to Guess Who Will Pay for IBM's Collapse (Due to False Statements Made to Shareholders), Red Hat May Disappear: IBM's leadership is never being punished for its failures
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 02, 2026: IRC logs for Sunday, August 02, 2026
Gemini Links 03/08/2026: Collectibles, Cities of the Red Night, and Lali Lambda: Links for the day
IBM's August 2026 Promotions (Annual Ritual) Can Turn Into a "Bloodbath" (RAs, Layoffs): IBM Common Stock is set to open in the red (minus) on Monday
Microsoft Culture Explained by People Who Work at Microsoft: "Be ready for politicking and working over time and weekends."
Codes of Conduct Attract Hoarders and Sociopaths, They Are Intolerant Towards Good People: Codes of Conduct (CoCs) are also promoted using violence
XBox is in Trouble, Sunday News Shows How Serious a Problem It Now Faces: it seems impossible to resuscitate at this point
statCounter Observes GNU/Linux at 10% in Libya: this month statCounter finally sees GNU/Linux approaching "double-figures" there
Thailand: GNU/Linux Approaching 15%, Windows in a Freefall: It makes perfect sense for Thailand to adopt GNU/Linux for technical reasons, not just political reasons
GNU/Linux in Bulgaria Back Up: part of a trend in Europe
Cuba Sees Leap in GNU/Linux Usage, as Reported by statCounter: For the ordinary Cuban it makes sense to reduce a dependence on GAFAM
Gemini Links 02/08/2026: Drift, Crawlers in Gopher Space, Purpose, and Python: Links for the day
Links 02/08/2026: Some Large Slop Investors "Crumbling", Russia Intensifies Bombing of Kiev: Links for the day
IBMers Discuss Who Killed IBM (It Impacts Red Hat): Fedora is fast becoming like another CentOS
GNU/Linux Rises to 6% in Mexico: Did the soccer (football) matches have some impact or just the "unknowns" being deciphered (or omitted) by statCounter?
GNU/Linux Leaps to 8% in Asia: In Asia, is it a bit higher because of GAFAM distrust? Maybe some other factor/s?
Clownflare Web Usage Survey: About 10% in North America Use GNU/Linux, Worldwide 6.7%: surveyors that showed GNU/Linux growth
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Brazil: GNU/Linux Record High, 5%: On average, GNU/Linux has evidence of growth in many countries this summer
Amid 2026 Bing Layoffs Microsoft Share in Search Collapses: How much longer before Microsoft throws in the towel or rebrands again?
United Kingdom: GNU/Linux up to 7%, ChromeOS Another 5% (Total 12%): further significant gains for GNU/Linux this month
Links 02/08/2026: Cheeto "Blurted Out Vile Plot to Censor ABC"; New York Times Fights 'Intimidation': Links for the day
Why Techrights Will Still be Active a Decade From Now: Techrights will carry on for many years to come
We Are Witnessing the End of IBM: IBM cannot find growth by moving downwards, by lowering standards
The Slop Presumption Rule: Tainting oneself can take one day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 01, 2026: IRC logs for Saturday, August 01, 2026
Gemini Links 02/08/2026: Older Books, Esperanto Music History, and Slop Making Things Worse: Links for the day