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[04:14] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/divergence-between-upc-and-epo-on-claim.html?showComment=1754940156190#c728812299565270916https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bahrain/#monthly-200902-202508
[04:14] schestowitz[TR2] ""
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] that last sentence makes most sense: do not reply
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] indeed. if it's not required, don't write a word
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] otherwise you're just leaking info which can be used against you
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] ack
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] my first message covers _all_ the key points
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] i checked
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] (again)
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] Ok, then no need for a second message, except as a 1-sentence reminder
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] that the first message has already covered *all* the points
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] They're just wasting time. M$ needs more time to plan.
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] no reminder needed
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] unless asked by judge
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] when yoru enemy's reply is soi weak
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] sayin more
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] is only a risk to you
[04:15] schestowitz[TR2] "
[04:29] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k272zh6x
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[04:29] schestowitz[TR2] ""
[04:29] schestowitz[TR2] The awful truth about the field right now is that the big players (NVidia, Microsoft, Google, Apple) aren't all that far ahead of IBM. Both AI and Quantum are in their infancy right now, and anybody could get ahead very quickly with the right discoveries and the right offerings for the market.
[04:29] schestowitz[TR2] But let's talk about IBM. IBM's basic problem is that its ownership (the stockholders) and its management have given up. They don't believe in taking risks, and so they pursue half-hearted measures that are guaranteed to fail against those who are perceived as "leaders".
[04:29] schestowitz[TR2] Does Google, Microsoft or NVidia have anything REALLY compelling? Does OpenAI? At the moment, the honest answer would be "not yet". But what they DO have is the willingness to take a chance. The willingness to lose an investment, in the pursuit of something better...something more than what they have.
[04:29] schestowitz[TR2] IBM doesn't have this, and hasn't had it for a long time. They build legacy products for legacy customers in legacy markets. Anything that doesn't fit the paradigm is sold off for cash, because cash is the only thing the big players in the company are really interested in. Going to cash is a zero risk strategy, and the big players are all about zero risk.
[04:29] schestowitz[TR2] The whole world knows it. It's not easy to recognize a winner, but it's real easy to recognize a loser.
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[08:03] schestowitz[TR2] "iTWire - Changing of the guard at GitHub signals a new Microsoft-AI focus for the world's home of open source software"
[08:03] schestowitz[TR2] x https://itwire.com/business-it-news/business-software/changing-of-the-guard-at-github-signals-a-new-microsoft-ai-focus-for-the-world-s-home-of-open-source-software.html
[08:03] schestowitz[TR2] # wrongly conflates m$ github with FOSS in general
[08:03] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-iTWire - Changing of the guard at GitHub signals a new Microsoft-AI focus for the world's home of open source software
[08:04] schestowitz[TR2] "The AI Takeover of Education Is Just Getting Started"
[08:04] schestowitz[TR2] x https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/ai-takeover-education-chatgpt/683840/
[08:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theatlantic.com | The AI Takeover of Education Is Just Getting Started - The Atlantic
[08:12] schestowitz[TR2] "Bill Gates vision no longer enough for Microsofts future: CEO Satya Nadella"
[08:12] schestowitz[TR2] x https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/bill-gates-vision-no-longer-enough-for-microsofts-future-ceo-satya-nadella/articleshow/123251505.cms
[08:12] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Bill Gates vision no longer enough for Microsofts future: CEO Satya Nadella - The Economic Times
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[14:35] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/guestpost-has-g124-made-referral-of.html?showComment=1754987276980#c7254023547658289211
[14:35] schestowitz[TR2] "Mr Thomas, your pugilistic style makes me pine for the days before certain online fora turned almost every debate into an unedifying slanging match.
I mean, is it really necessary for you to respond to every (perceived) sleight by punching back harder, and (further) below the belt? Does it achieve anything to turn every allegation against you back on your accusers, regardless of"
[14:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | [GuestPost] Has G1/24 made the referral of the question of amendment of the description from T697/22 inevitable? - The IPKat
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[17:19] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/divergence-between-upc-and-epo-on-claim.html?showComment=1755002851668#c4730576686477021215
[17:19] schestowitz[TR2] "The outcome is exactly as it should be, IMHO. Most commentators seem to agree.
Agfa was frivolous/overly optimistic in asserting infringement, and was corrected. The system worked, where's the problem?
You wrote: If the patent monopoly had been its own dictionary, according to the established practice on this topic, the extension of scope to a chromatic base would have been read"
[17:19] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Divergence between the UPC and EPO on claim interpretation and description definitions (Agfa v Gucci, UPC_CFI_278/2023) - The IPKat
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[17:47] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/guest-post-who-will-run-world-beyonce.html?showComment=1754986581741#c2809639122470804170
[17:47] schestowitz[TR2] "While I understand that the fundamental premise of this blog is that the increasing substitutability of copyrighted content by Al-generated content, which could be produced cheaply, may economically impact copyright monopoly holders, could it conversely raise licensing demand within the Al sector, as (at least in the medium term) the authenticity of an output is highly predicated on the quality of"
[17:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | [Guest post] Who will run the world Beyonc or quasi-Beyonc? - The IPKat
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[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2fg2esn
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[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] "
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] IBM never recovered from the Gin(ni) and Tonic damage. It was THAT severe.
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] Let's not forget. Kyndryl ended up being a no growth endeavor (negative actually) and finally divested. Can we say that her strategy (that led to the divestiture of the managed infrastructure services business) was initiated during Ginni?
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] Since AK took office, he went from the lowest ever $57.4B in his first year back up a bit $62.8 last year (using the same numbers posted by @dn). This puts the average of $1.35B per year (I know this is not how it grew, but just for simplification), which makes it minimal (low growth).
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] So in his first year he lost money, to then bring it up just a bit YoY. The reason you bring an insider as CEO is because the individual is supposed to enable quick turnarounds with no or minimal learning curve. He was already doing Red Hat (as in, jumped to the opportunity to position himself).
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] Instead of a growth strategy, he implemented a cost-cutting, layoffs strategy, which in the event of IBM in and of itself is not the right way to go. Yes, he touted investments and growth strategies, none of which and in almost 5 years have seen the kind go growth trajectory that the market expected and IBM needed.
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] Now, if we look at the history of the company, and this is just my opinion, Ginni was a terrible CEO and she effectively was the one that did a "great job" at ending a beautiful legacy. She is responsible for IBM going down. Numbers don't lie.
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] What I still don't understand is how she managed to stay for 9 years. Yes, I know, but still doesn't make sense to me as to how a board, investor, shareholders allow it, and how journalists kept touting her as this "great executive". Plus, they gave her more money to s_c_r_ew things up even more???
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] Why in the world make the same mistake again?
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] I just don't get it.... I must be missing something....
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] 15 minutes ago by Anonymous
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[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @er+1k2fg2esn
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] +4
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] Based on @dn numbers, we are still going down when you adjust for inflation.
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous
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[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ee+1k2fg2esn
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] +4
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] @dn
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] Yep Sad, isn't it?
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] Every single time she was being interviewed as this "iconic CEO" after she left.... made me an expert at changing TV channels at the speed of light.
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous
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[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @dx+1k2fg2esn
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] +7
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] @dp
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] Legal / legal counsellors are not independent or removed from the politics, they li_ck the derrire of CEO, Chairman and the rest of the Board. Sometimes, they even have their own ambitions to be the top dog, say, like Accenture...
[18:31] schestowitz[TR2] The good ones with ethics leave, but are the minority. These are typically Corporate Lawyers. Their "specialty" says it all. They start their careers "reviewing contracts" and they are generalists, so legal counsellors are just coordinators because they need to call in the experts to get things done...