04.23.23
Posted in Fraud, Humour at 8:38 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: The good news is that crimes of Sirius ‘Open Source’ were formally reported to the authorities but the bad news is that, according to them, it may take up to 28 days to investigate (the process is different when you have connections)
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03.31.23
Posted in GNU/Linux, Humour, Kernel, Microsoft at 8:38 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: Phoronix Media is being acquired by a larger company; the site will not change though
Linus Gabriel Sebastian, founder of Linus Tech Tips (LTT), has just announced the transfer of Phoronix Media (best known for Phoronix.com and PTS) to his company based in Canada.
“Readers of the site won’t be affected. They can still get a spoonful of Microsoft chaff along with plenty of (other) ads.”“Phoronix.com and PTS are a strategic addition to our growing portfolio,” remarked Yvonne Ho, who will oversee the operations to ensure the benchmarks always include ClearLinux and articles habitually include a Microsoft distro that only Microsoft uses.
Michael Larabel could not be reached for comment. He has been busy this past month trying to figure out new and innovative ways to block all the ad blockers. Mr. Sebastian insists that evading ads is nothing short of piracy.
Readers of the site won’t be affected. They can still get a spoonful of Microsoft chaff along with plenty of (other) ads. █

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Posted in Debian, Humour, Microsoft at 8:13 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: Today starts a journey to a “better” experience, which lets Microsoft audit the kernel and leverage telemetry to improve my Debian experience
THIS is a hard post to write. Today, April 1, I’m beginning my migration. I will report on it later today, explaining how it all went along. Maybe I’ll change my mind.
“Thankfully I already have some Microsoft MVPs like Hayden Barnes helping my migration.”Having used GNU/Linux since my teenage years I’ve decided that it’s just too boring. I’ve not rebooted Debian since January when I first installed it (only the post-install reboot) and I am beginning to wonder if there’s a bootkit somewhere inside my system. Thank God, Microsoft made “secure” boot to do this for me. As it turns out, Debian 11 is not good anymore. Vista 11 has WSL, which reinvents Cygwin, dating back to 1995. So why on Earth use only GNU/Linux? Best of both worlds, right? Anything else would be an act of bigotry and intolerance.
Thankfully I already have some Microsoft MVPs like Hayden Barnes helping my migration. They kept coming to our IRC network for years, advocating WSL. I give up! They have a point! █
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Posted in Humour, IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat at 7:46 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Microsoft hires Elon Musk to oversee layoffs, algorithm decides to fire Poettering

Summary: Poettering gets rehired by IBM; IBM and Microsoft announce merger, putting Poettering back into his former position
MICROSOFT is going through some truly tough times. There are layoffs every week, the company is unable to hide it by compelling staff to sign NDAs (the press finds out eventually), and tens of thousands of puff pieces about a chaffbot cannot distract the public entirely… from the real crisis.
“As a result, the first person to go is Lennart Poettering, who quietly defected from IBM to Microsoft only months ago.”Microsoft has just announced, in its Friday shareholders meeting, that it has convinced Elon Musk to join Microsoft’s Board of Directors and spend some time carrying out duties at Microsoft, at least at a part-time capacity, focusing on “AI”.
“Musk has demonstrated solid track record running companies that suffer deep losses,” the company said in its meeting minutes, “not only convincing a lot of staff to leave voluntarily but also laying off a significant proportion without paying severance.”
“IBM has meanwhile signalled that it is willing to rehire Mr. Poettering, but discussions are still ongoing about the IBM/Microsoft merger, which dates back to 2011.”An anonymous source told us that OpenAI has unveiled a new algorithm for HR. As a result, the first person to go is Lennart Poettering, who quietly defected from IBM to Microsoft only months ago. Poettering insists that it was not a defection, it was just a matter of wearing the correct badge after more than a decade of work, which some deemed sabotage.
IBM has meanwhile signalled that it is willing to rehire Mr. Poettering, but discussions are still ongoing about the IBM/Microsoft merger, which dates back to 2011. The discussions are already more than a decade old and Bill Gates is losing interest in them. █
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01.18.23
Posted in Deception, Free/Libre Software, GPL, Humour, Microsoft at 1:34 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Microsoft: What’s Yours is Ours, Too
Summary: Microsoft is very strict about copyright law when enforcing its monopolies; when it comes to the competition, however, Microsoft gleefully violates copyright law
“It’s easier for our software to compete with Linux when there’s piracy than when there’s not.”
–Bill Gates
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01.13.23
Posted in Deception, Humour at 12:19 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: As we've shown today and will show again tomorrow, Sirius ‘Open Source’ had grown into a “private club” based around kinship even where professional qualifications weren’t met
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01.11.23
Posted in GNU/Linux, Humour, Servers at 2:50 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: Sirius ‘Open Source’ has a severe "appeal to novelty" problem (sometimes a symptom of insecurity or irrational thinking)
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01.08.23
Posted in Free/Libre Software, Humour at 12:47 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Running the company for personal rather than collective gain is a short-sighted approach
Summary: The demolition person at Sirius ‘Open Source’ seems to have basically destroyed the company he was entrusted to run
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