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schestowitz>> coekaerts is now vice char at lf board. not good for linus.May 13 08:09
schestowitz>>May 13 08:09
schestowitz>> mirosoft has a lot of LF by the balls...May 13 08:09
schestowitz> In many ways.  LF is gone.  Hintjens used to point out that there oftenMay 13 08:09
schestowitz> came a time to cut losses and start afresh.  The time came with OSDL,May 13 08:09
schestowitz> the time is past with LF.May 13 08:09
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schestowitz>> figuratively... unless they send goons, too...May 13 08:09
schestowitz>>May 13 08:10
schestowitz> Along the same lines, what about what happened to the Debian TechnicalMay 13 08:10
schestowitz> Committee in regards to systemd and the subsequent banning of largeMay 13 08:10
schestowitz> numbers of individuals for their dislike of systemd from a broadMay 13 08:10
schestowitz> spectrum of distros?  Again, they don't need to crush everybody, just aMay 13 08:10
schestowitz> few key individuals who, properly motivated by mortal fear, will work onMay 13 08:10
schestowitz> everyone else.  M$ picked up many of its dirty tricks from IBM and thenMay 13 08:10
schestowitz> took them several levels lower.  One of them was calling up your boss'May 13 08:10
schestowitz> boss who was often eager to suck up to a large company than to trust,May 13 08:10
schestowitz> defend, or support their own employees.May 13 08:10
schestowitz>May 13 08:10
schestowitzI am comfortable with this being in IRC logs, albeit not in posts.May 13 08:10
schestowitz6 months down the line, after Gates 'bribed' my boss, there's no concrete evidence of retribution against neither me nor Rianne. Though time will tell; last night I hypothesised aloud about Microsoft trying to offer us 'free' Azure just to piss off our employees.May 13 08:10
schestowitzSide note: publishers that took Gates money, even ages ago, are now named and shamed occasionally in Twitter.May 13 08:10
schestowitzIf he -- like Zuck -- surveyed his chances of become US Pres, I reckon he'd give up before starting. Too much of a dark past (and present).May 13 08:10
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/dtorbay/status/1259989168974901248May 13 14:47
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@dtorbay: Nuestra seguridad y privacidad sí es importante, a defenderla de las empresas que las amenazan. #Seguridad… https://t.co/8whWpsfpDKMay 13 14:47
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@dtorbay: Nuestra seguridad y privacidad sí es importante, a defenderla de las empresas que las amenazan. #Seguridad… https://t.co/8whWpsfpDKMay 13 14:47
schestowitz"May 13 14:47
schestowitzNuestra seguridad y privacidad sí es importante, a defenderla de las empresas que las amenazan.May 13 14:47
schestowitz#Seguridad #Seguranca #БезопасностьMay 13 14:47
schestowitzTechrights Urges Readers to Ask the Linux Foundation’s Let’s Encrypt (Backed by Companies That Give the NSA Back Doors) S...May 13 14:47
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