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| schestowitz | Subject: Re: Re: | Oct 07 01:52 |
| schestowitz | Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 11:35:12 +0200 (CEST) | Oct 07 01:52 |
| schestowitz | From: xxxxxxxxx | Oct 07 01:52 |
| schestowitz | To: xxxxxxxxxx | Oct 07 01:52 |
| schestowitz | Early adopters. I'm 99% certain we had a CD player in 1984, 85 at the | Oct 07 01:52 |
| schestowitz | latest. It had a motorised try just a like a CD-ROM, though it was in a | Oct 07 01:52 |
| schestowitz | stereo-rack unit so 2 to 2 1/2 times the width of the CD tray itself. | Oct 07 01:52 |
| schestowitz | Not every technology was worth adopting/early. MiniDisk was useless. Fun | Oct 07 01:52 |
| schestowitz | idea, but once sound went digital America spent a lot of time trying to | Oct 07 01:52 |
| schestowitz | figure out how to break things (copy protection) as a priority over | Oct 07 01:52 |
| schestowitz | convenience or quality. So cool tech was seen (by the companies who sold | Oct 07 01:52 |
| schestowitz | it) as more of a threat than a business opportunity. | Oct 07 01:52 |
| schestowitz | > Even though we were early adopters, we never threw out any old tape | Oct 07 01:53 |
| schestowitz | > stuff. We made mix tapes (mostly for our own use, rarely for anybody | Oct 07 01:54 |
| schestowitz | > else) and tapes to play in the car. At age 7 I was listening to Beatles | Oct 07 01:54 |
| schestowitz | > remasters on my Walkman. Loved them ever since. The first contemporary / | Oct 07 01:54 |
| schestowitz | > pop artist I liked was Phil Collins. I'm sure I've listened to "No | Oct 07 01:54 |
| schestowitz | > Jacket Required" 1000 times. I got into Genesis later. Shame that collab | Oct 07 01:54 |
| schestowitz | > with Adele didn't pan out. | Oct 07 01:54 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 07 01:54 |
| schestowitz | > We didn't throw much out-- I mean you meet people who still have a | Oct 07 01:54 |
| schestowitz | > TRS-80. I actually got to play with one of these: | Oct 07 01:54 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 07 01:54 |
| schestowitz | > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minivac_601 | Oct 07 01:54 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Minivac 601 - Wikipedia | Oct 07 01:54 | |
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| schestowitz | RMS: | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | > Richard Stallman wrote on 06/10/2020 03:34: | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | >> > The job title aside, | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | >> What is her job title? | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | >> Can you tell if other people report to her? | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | >> I would guess that she has said posted something about what her job | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | >> is. Perhaps on LinkedIn. I'd guess you have ways to access | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | >> peoples' LinkedIn profiles. | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | > I checked that the other week. It said architect or something to that | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | > effect. When you check (again) LinkedIn profiles it shows them who has | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | > checked. It's worse than Facebook in that regard (reporting to people | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | > who looks at what things associated with them). | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | RMS: | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | > Thanks. | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | > | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | > Strange that there is no more info than that. But I don't know | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | > of any way to get more. | Oct 07 05:36 |
| schestowitz | >>>> https://www.itwire.com/journalist/sam-varghese.html?format=feed | Oct 07 05:55 |
| schestowitz | >>>> | Oct 07 05:55 |
| schestowitz | >>> OK. Added. It should show up today. | Oct 07 05:55 |
| schestowitz | >>> Oops. Left the feed URL out. It's all set for tomorrow instead. | Oct 07 05:55 |
| schestowitz | >> Yes, I have noticed the absence. Made up for it with quiterss for now. | Oct 07 05:55 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 07 05:55 |
| schestowitz | > Ok, his feed is included in today's set of links. | Oct 07 05:55 |
| schestowitz | I've disabled my copy of it in quiterss. Many of his articles are not relevant to us, but some are. I wonder if he ever received my message at all. | Oct 07 05:55 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/gibikha/status/1313566674503823363 | Oct 07 08:25 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@gibikha: @schestowitz This whole thing feels like an advertisement. He seems to be paraphrasing directly from marketing mat… https://t.co/sWzAD7TF81 | Oct 07 08:25 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@gibikha: @schestowitz This whole thing feels like an advertisement. He seems to be paraphrasing directly from marketing mat… https://t.co/sWzAD7TF81 | Oct 07 08:25 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 07 08:25 |
| schestowitz | This whole thing feels like an advertisement. | Oct 07 08:25 |
| schestowitz | He seems to be paraphrasing directly from marketing material. | Oct 07 08:25 |
| schestowitz | There is a talk by Helen Ball about just this thing. | Oct 07 08:25 |
| schestowitz | Many "YouTubers" are only making videos to make money. | Oct 07 08:25 |
| schestowitz | They don't inform or provide any useful information. | Oct 07 08:25 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 07 08:25 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/gibikha/status/1313567657132687360 | Oct 07 08:25 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@gibikha: @schestowitz Here's a good review as a contrast, that shares positive and negative points, actual testing of the pr… https://t.co/YGIaL2ow9j | Oct 07 08:25 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@gibikha: @schestowitz Here's a good review as a contrast, that shares positive and negative points, actual testing of the pr… https://t.co/YGIaL2ow9j | Oct 07 08:25 | |
| schestowitz | "Here's a good review as a contrast, that shares positive and negative points, actual testing of the product too. I try and share things like this as often as I can, but what can one man do? https://dedoimedo.com/computers/only" | Oct 07 08:25 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/only ) | Oct 07 08:25 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/gibikha/status/1313569115014074369 | Oct 07 08:25 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@gibikha: @schestowitz Unfortunately this would require reading. Most people only seem to enjoy flashy videos. I don't think… https://t.co/CJ3cTJQL1T | Oct 07 08:25 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@gibikha: @schestowitz Unfortunately this would require reading. Most people only seem to enjoy flashy videos. I don't think… https://t.co/CJ3cTJQL1T | Oct 07 08:25 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 07 08:25 |
| schestowitz | Unfortunately this would require reading. Most people only seem to enjoy flashy videos. | Oct 07 08:25 |
| schestowitz | I don't think it was paid for by the guys at OnlyOffice, modern life seems to be doing favours for organisations. | Oct 07 08:25 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 07 08:25 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/lilycaliber/status/1313516936609894400 | Oct 07 08:27 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@lilycaliber: SPEND/SQUANDER SOME OF THAT BLOOD MONEY YOU GOT IN YOUR SETTLEMENT TO SEEK *YOUR* version of "justice". SPREAD SOME… https://t.co/ExKIf95zcI | Oct 07 08:27 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@lilycaliber: SPEND/SQUANDER SOME OF THAT BLOOD MONEY YOU GOT IN YOUR SETTLEMENT TO SEEK *YOUR* version of "justice". SPREAD SOME… https://t.co/ExKIf95zcI | Oct 07 08:27 | |
| schestowitz | "SPEND/SQUANDER SOME OF THAT BLOOD MONEY YOU GOT IN YOUR SETTLEMENT TO SEEK *YOUR* version of "justice". SPREAD SOME OF THAT CASH U GOT TO INSURE " EQUITY" FOR ALL THE LAWERS." | Oct 07 08:27 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/wendycockcroft/status/1313513655229710337 | Oct 07 08:28 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@wendycockcroft: @ScottNewgent @slightlyatsea @schestowitz this is one for Techrights. | Oct 07 08:28 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/pontoon_madness/status/1313460195998212097 | Oct 07 08:29 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@pontoon_madness: @schestowitz https://t.co/ipzGbktaDu | Oct 07 08:29 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@pontoon_madness: @schestowitz https://t.co/ipzGbktaDu | Oct 07 08:29 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/IvanOstrovski/status/1313448660970110977 | Oct 07 08:29 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@IvanOstrovski: @schestowitz https://t.co/d4H7o1n5CN | Oct 07 08:29 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@IvanOstrovski: На тему трагедии в Нижнем Новгороде. Имя убийцы она сообщила. #IrinaSlavina #NizhnyNovgorod https://t.co/tx9eGDI3hQ | Oct 07 08:29 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/IvanOstrovski/status/1313448660970110977 | Oct 07 08:29 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Emilinehope/status/1313423650335358976 | Oct 07 08:30 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Emilinehope: @schestowitz The Gov have had eight months and still feck it up! 😡 | Oct 07 08:30 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/AlwaystrumpOrg/status/1313405037620662273 | Oct 07 08:30 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@AlwaystrumpOrg: Nope! He’s the smartest man in the #WORLD! Watch! https://t.co/UMIHGm3v8O | Oct 07 08:30 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ #Trump May Be Infectious, but He’s Still Ignorant https://t.co/dfnMEErWiK | Oct 07 08:30 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/Emilinehope/status/1313395445272633344 | Oct 07 08:31 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Emilinehope: https://t.co/PsXuziBj8Y https://t.co/HmFPn93WMG | Oct 07 08:31 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: ● NEWS ● #FiveThirtyEight #Health ☞ #Trump Is Giving Dangerous Advice. Being Afraid Of #COVID19 Has Helped Us Contr… https://t.co/NJ5Wd8tI8o | Oct 07 08:31 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Emilinehope: https://t.co/PsXuziBj8Y https://t.co/HmFPn93WMG | Oct 07 08:31 | |
| schestowitz | x https://enter21st.com/people-gainedt-abandon-windows-7-report-suggests-os-remains-to-be-going-robust/ | Oct 07 08:32 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-enter21st.com | People gained’t abandon Windows 7, report suggests OS remains to be going robust - Enter21st.com | Oct 07 08:32 | |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/redgpus/status/1313223059315273729https://twitter.com/redgpus/status/1313223059315273729 | Oct 07 09:11 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@redgpus: Wat. https://t.co/LfLd5pkIn0 | Oct 07 09:11 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: #khronos still needs to #deletegithub and not let #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware prison control #vulkan (for it to… https://t.co/CiTJLbfehE | Oct 07 09:11 | |
| schestowitz | >>>>>> https://www.itwire.com/journalist/sam-varghese.html?format=feed | Oct 07 09:11 |
| schestowitz | >>>>>> | Oct 07 09:11 |
| schestowitz | >>>>> OK. Added. It should show up today. | Oct 07 09:11 |
| schestowitz | >>>>> Oops. Left the feed URL out. It's all set for tomorrow instead. | Oct 07 09:11 |
| schestowitz | >>>> Yes, I have noticed the absence. Made up for it with quiterss for now. | Oct 07 09:11 |
| schestowitz | >>>> | Oct 07 09:11 |
| schestowitz | >>> Ok, his feed is included in today's set of links. | Oct 07 09:11 |
| schestowitz | >> I've disabled my copy of it in quiterss. Many of his articles are not | Oct 07 09:11 |
| schestowitz | >> relevant to us, but some are. I wonder if he ever received my message at | Oct 07 09:11 |
| schestowitz | >> all. | Oct 07 09:11 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 07 09:12 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 07 09:12 |
| schestowitz | > I wonder about that. I did see an e-mail for him in the RSS feed | Oct 07 09:12 |
| schestowitz | > itself, but I think you've already tried that one. | Oct 07 09:12 |
| schestowitz | Anyway, it's too late to comment on his article regarding Techrights. | Oct 07 09:12 |
| schestowitz | >> we need to convert these PDFs into text somehow, based on the many PDFs | Oct 07 09:48 |
| schestowitz | >> (almost a hundred I think) | Oct 07 09:48 |
| schestowitz | >> https://www.justice.gov/atr/usdoj-antitrust-division-us-v-microsoft-corporation-browser-and-middleware-deposition | Oct 07 09:48 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.justice.gov | U.S. v. Microsoft Corporation [Browser and Middleware] Deposition Transcripts | Oct 07 09:48 | |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 07 09:48 |
| schestowitz | > Those are all bitmaps wrapped as PDF. Converting them to text would be | Oct 07 09:48 |
| schestowitz | > a *major* undertaking lasting a few months FTE. They would each have to | Oct 07 09:48 |
| schestowitz | > be OCR-ed and then proofread. Would there be a way to FOIA the | Oct 07 09:48 |
| schestowitz | > original, text-only documents? | Oct 07 09:48 |
| schestowitz | I managed to find some assorted text versions, but I want to improve their clarify | Oct 07 09:48 |
| schestowitz | >>> See attached. | Oct 07 10:00 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 07 10:00 |
| schestowitz | >> Yours?! | Oct 07 10:00 |
| schestowitz | >> | Oct 07 10:00 |
| schestowitz | > Yep. I am sad we /have to/ own one, but as long as we must we try to | Oct 07 10:01 |
| schestowitz | > reduce the load caused by unnecessary manufacturing. As long as we stay | Oct 07 10:01 |
| schestowitz | > out of the city center and if I am the one driving then we get quite | Oct 07 10:01 |
| schestowitz | > good mileage even compared to the much more recent models, except | Oct 07 10:01 |
| schestowitz | > hybrids of course. | Oct 07 10:01 |
| schestowitz | What year (make)? Rianne's dad drives a 1993 :-)... lots or repair work done on it | Oct 07 10:01 |
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| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/bichopilla/status/1313910235560579073 | Oct 07 20:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@bichopilla: Filtro código de un viejo Windows, espero que lo usen en wine o cualquier otro proyecto libre y luego llamo a mis a… https://t.co/sNsG1OZqYd | Oct 07 20:10 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@bichopilla: Filtro código de un viejo Windows, espero que lo usen en wine o cualquier otro proyecto libre y luego llamo a mis a… https://t.co/sNsG1OZqYd | Oct 07 20:10 | |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 07 20:10 |
| schestowitz | Filtro código de un viejo Windows, espero que lo usen en wine o cualquier otro proyecto libre y luego llamo a mis abogados. | Oct 07 20:10 |
| schestowitz | Un plan sin fisuras típico de la historia y cultura empresarial de Microsoft. | Oct 07 20:10 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 07 20:10 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/RiderOfKarma/status/1313851915202158593 | Oct 07 20:13 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@RiderOfKarma: And if you think the FBI stopped this COINTELPRO shit, I got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. https://t.co/55w7y6W5Sh | Oct 07 20:13 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 500 @ https://techrights.org/2014/01/16/cointelpro-changed-names/ ) | Oct 07 20:13 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.facebook.com/openinventionnetwork/posts/3512712772112775 | Oct 07 20:44 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.facebook.com | Open Source Software (OSS) is creating a... - Open Invention Network | Facebook | Oct 07 20:44 | |
| schestowitz | "v" | Oct 07 20:44 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 07 20:44 |
| schestowitz | Open Source Software (OSS) is creating a new global dynamic. Virtually every electronic touch point in our daily lives is now powered by Open Source technologies. Consider smart cars, ATMs, stock exchanges, cloud services, Android phones, social media, and many others. | Oct 07 20:44 |
| schestowitz | All Things Open — a multi-lingual, virtual technology conference focusing on what makes Open Source possible — will take place October 19-20 and the speaker lineup includes our CEO, Keith Bergelt. | Oct 07 20:44 |
| schestowitz | He will deliver “The Management of Patent Risk in Software - Parallels Between Open Source Technical and Patent Collaboration” at 10:30 EDT Monday October 19 to discuss OSS collaborative development through projects, and how projects ensure that technical development and collaboration occurs along with legal cooperation between developers and users. | Oct 07 20:44 |
| schestowitz | In addition, a number of our community members are sponsoring the event, including #Google, #IBM, #Salesforce, #RedHat, #SUSE and #Microsoft. | Oct 07 20:44 |
| schestowitz | For more information, visit: https://2020.allthingsopen.org | Oct 07 20:44 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-2020.allthingsopen.org | All Things Open 2020 | Oct 07 20:44 | |
| schestowitz | #AllThingsOpen #OpensourceMovement #OIN #DevOps #ATO | Oct 07 20:44 |
| schestowitz | " | Oct 07 20:44 |
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