●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: Friday, April 02, 2021 ●● ● Apr 02 [01:44] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) ● Apr 02 [02:24] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [02:35] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [02:45] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 02 [03:03] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) [03:18] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [03:25] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [03:38] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 02 [04:00] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) [04:08] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 02 [05:42] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [05:46] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 02 [07:06] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [07:58] schestowitz " [07:58] schestowitz BIT & the mystery of the spaghetti structure [07:58] schestowitz Dear colleagues, [07:58] schestowitz [07:58] schestowitz It is both disturbing and frustrating to read the note in which VP1 and VP4 complain about the tremendous responsibility they had to assume with regards to the complexity of our IT systems with its spaghetti structure [sic]. It took them more than two years to realise this, whilst this complexity is hardly a surprise to EPO staff who deal with operating processes. [07:58] schestowitz [07:58] schestowitz In this publication, we explain how the reorganisation of BIT, more than 100 ambitious projects and the removal of experienced staff mean that the spaghetti structure is on the verge of collapse, despite massive budgets for the IT Roadmap. [07:58] schestowitz [07:58] schestowitz Being a manager is more than just a formal role. It is about accountability and responsibility, as well as acting in a sustainable way. And not leaving a pile of shambles while pointing the fingers at others. [07:58] schestowitz [07:58] schestowitz This is what the Organisation, the staff and the users have a right to expect. [07:58] schestowitz [07:58] schestowitz The Central Staff Committee [07:58] schestowitz " ● Apr 02 [08:37] schestowitz just to be sure, 3 other links today, 3 total [08:40] schestowitz > Hi Roy, [08:40] schestowitz > Attached is the Report About the USPTO that I prepared. [08:40] schestowitz > [08:40] schestowitz > I liked your term "fee exuberance," so I used the word "exuberant" on [08:40] schestowitz > page 22. Believe me, as I watched the USPTO talk about fees, [08:40] schestowitz > exuberance was what it was. [08:40] schestowitz > [08:40] schestowitz > Don't know if it will do any good, but I'll start sending it out next [08:40] schestowitz > week, once I manage to get it printed, so I can mail it out to people in [08:40] schestowitz > DC who I can't contact by e-mail. [08:40] schestowitz > [08:40] schestowitz > Also, I guess it's ridiculous to think that you don't know about Gary [08:40] schestowitz > Kildall, but I just learned about him a few years ago. Very suspicious [08:40] schestowitz > how we here in America were introduced to Bill Gates: dropped out of [08:40] schestowitz > Harvard, and made good. Good ole American success story! [08:40] schestowitz > https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+gary+kildall&sxsrf=ALeKk01jJi3DUx9IPkx7EMTb9-VQ80KQdw%3A1617320796689&source=hp&ei=XFtmYP2rJq6w5NoPk4Sk2A4&iflsig=AINFCbYAAAAAYGZpbG1_AObZ_NkCyQCYnmGdhV-DtUnZ&oq=youtube+gary+kildall&gs_ [08:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.google.com | youtube gary kildall - Google Search [08:40] schestowitz lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBAgjECc6DggAELEDEIMBEJECEIsDOgsIABCxAxCDARCLAzoLCC4QsQMQgwEQiwM6CAguELEDEIsDOgUILhCLAzoICAAQsQMQiwM6BQgAEIsDOg4ILhCRAhCLAxCYAxCoAzoICAAQkQIQiwM6BwgAEEMQiwM6BAgAEEM6BwguELEDEEM6BQgAELEDOgIIADoKCC4QsQMQQxCLAzoICAAQsQMQgwE6CwgAELEDEJECEIsDOgYIABAWEB5QiRVY0yxgnC5oAHAAeACAAZEBiAGDDpIBBDE2LjSYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6uAEC&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwj9yci8nd7vAhUuGFkFHRMCCesQ4dUDCAk&uact=5 [08:40] schestowitz > [08:40] schestowitz > [08:40] schestowitz > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkn24he2rY [08:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.youtube.com | Computer Chronicles: Gary kildall special (Part 1 of 2) - YouTube [08:40] schestowitz > [08:40] schestowitz > [08:40] schestowitz > All the best, [08:40] schestowitz We wrote about Kildall many times in our site [08:47] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20430221#28d8d1e0757e01395de708002785b8a8 [08:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: 2009: #GoldmanSachs and #Microsoft Top #Obama Funders http://techrights.org/2009/10/26/goldman-sachs-microsoft/ #Techrights gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2009/10/26/goldman-sachs-microsoft/ [08:47] schestowitz "Goldman Sachs had a permanent presence in the administration cabinet! And it's well known that Hillary Clinton is all-about Bill Gates." [08:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Goldman Sachs and Microsoft Top Obama Funders | Techrights [08:47] schestowitz " https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/04/ubuntu-21-04-beta-release > 30 Mo/s this night :)" [08:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Ubuntu 21.04 Beta Released, This is What's New - OMG! Ubuntu! [08:47] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20430069#d97c371075780139ae6d64115bb33a84 [08:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) Final Beta released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149527#comment-28977 #gnu #linux [08:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Ubuntu 21.04 Beta Is Now Available for Download | Tux Machines [08:57] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20411129#9b9289b073f4013901e500505681eeb8 [08:57] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #FSFE launches the Router Freedom Activity Package https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210330-01.en.html [08:57] schestowitz "at first I guessed, from the name of the activity, that it would be about installing free firmware on routers. but the problem theyre fighting is even deeper, and a precondition for that: the freedom to pick which router to bring into your home to talk to your internet access provider." [08:57] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> fsfe.org | FSFE launches the Router Freedom Activity Package - FSFE ● Apr 02 [11:04] Techrights-sec2 there were few "other" links this time [11:04] Techrights-sec2 It's best for me to avoid them anyway they are only background material [11:04] Techrights-sec2 anyway. [11:04] Techrights-sec2 Or else low-quality sites. [11:04] Techrights-sec2 The ongoing lynching attenpts against RMS are about his frequent use [11:04] Techrights-sec2 of the F-word, nothing more, nothing less. ● Apr 02 [12:25] schestowitz I must go out to run now. Many attacks on TM at the moment. If you receive an alert and the site is down, run as root: service mysqld restart (that should typically 'fix' it) ● Apr 02 [16:08] Techrights-sec2 ok [16:08] Techrights-sec2 my monitors have not triggered yet today though [16:08] schestowitz back from a very long walk. had peace of mind knowing you had an eye on things either way. I need to do those walks more often... ● Apr 02 [17:26] schestowitz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/chairman-and-enlarged-board-criticised.html?showComment=1617285887048#c3039907708726858714 [17:26] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Chairman and Enlarged Board criticised for lack of impartiality in ViCo oral proceedings referral (G1/21) - The IPKat [17:26] schestowitz "" [17:26] schestowitz It transpires that information regarding the referral in G 1/21 will now be published in the Official Journal: [17:26] schestowitz https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/official-journal/communications-from-the-boa/archive/20210401.html [17:26] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.epo.org | EPO - Communication from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning case G 1/21 [17:26] schestowitz This is all fine and well except for two rather important points. The first point is that not even the advance publication of the Communication from the EBA mentions the date for submission of amicus briefs. However, this probably has something to do with the second point, which is that the official publication of the EBA's Communication will not take place until AFTER the date by which amicus briefs should be submitted. [17:26] schestowitz I could perhaps accept that there is nothing suspicious about all of this ... were it not for the fact that the advance publication (which is notified to all those who subscribe to the EPO's newsletters) does not refer to the 24 March 2021 Communication from the EBA that contains the missing information (which Communication was NOT notified to the same subscribers). [17:26] schestowitz Thus, by slightly delaying the official publication of the Communication from the EBA, the EPO has ensured that the subscribers to its newsletters are not (directly) informed of the date for submitting amicus briefs in connection with G 1/21. Whilst this will not prevent the filing of such briefs, it could (together with the very short deadline) reduce their number. I cannot help but think that this was precisely the reason for the [17:27] schestowitz slight delay to the official publication. [17:27] schestowitz " ● Apr 02 [21:36] schestowitz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/03/chairman-and-enlarged-board-criticised.html?showComment=1617275146246#c1893798579149356259 [21:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Chairman and Enlarged Board criticised for lack of impartiality in ViCo oral proceedings referral (G1/21) - The IPKat [21:36] schestowitz "Maybe it would be better if they wrote to Arnold LJ." [21:37] Techrights-sec2 no problem. from my end I saw no disruption, neither of the monitor [21:37] Techrights-sec2 scripts triggered ● Apr 02 [22:37] schestowitz https://twitter.com/_Goblin/status/1377980397804474369 [22:37] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@_Goblin: A very good article which echoes some of that which I have been highlighting in the gaming world. A few years ago m https://t.co/2IUyu3Oi9Z [22:37] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@_Goblin: A very good article which echoes some of that which I have been highlighting in the gaming world. A few years ago m https://t.co/2IUyu3Oi9Z [22:37] schestowitz " [22:37] schestowitz A very good article which echoes some of that which I have been highlighting in the gaming world. A few years ago myself and Dr Schestowitz created some content together, whilst I had a (long) break, I'm so pleased to see he continued. http://techrights.org/2020/07/16/microsoft-monopoly-2020/ [22:37] schestowitz #microsoft #gaming [22:37] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Microsoft as a Monopoly | Techrights [22:37] schestowitz "