●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, September 20, 2025 ●● ● Sep 20 [02:32] schestowitz[TR2] Its scaring me: Microsoft employee of 7 years says current work culture has changed for the [02:32] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k5he472f [02:32] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k5he472f ) [02:33] schestowitz[TR2] "It's worse than that. In Q3 of last year (since we are about to get Q3 numbers), IBM reported a 9.7% YoY increase in software revenue. Red Hat was a 13% increase. Basically, Red Hat's contribution went from 9.2% in 2019 to 17.5% in Q3 2024? I used this source to refresh my memory: [02:33] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/10/24/ibms-red-hat-acquisition-will-pay-for-itself-by-early-next-year/ [02:33] schestowitz[TR2] Here's my point, IBM's revenue growth would have been much lower, and potentially negative (like when Ginni and Tonic was around)? [02:33] schestowitz[TR2] Not trying to give credit to AK about Red Hat deal, he dried that source of revenue and created nothing to replace it, only marketing PPTs. [02:33] schestowitz[TR2] Since Ginni and Tonic (sorry not familiar with prior to that to comment on), IBM had 2 consecutive CEOs that literally eliminated organic growth and just bought themselves into growth or let me correct myself, they shrunk the company so badly, but no to the point of extinction because they bought companies. [02:33] schestowitz[TR2] Ginni shrunk the company, from $107 billion in 2011 (before she took over) to $77 billion when she left (so she disappeared like $30 billion?). The only thing she grew was her comp. Then, AK comes in and shrinks it even more, and essentially dries the Red Hat cash cow and completes the IBM is now an Indian company process. [02:33] schestowitz[TR2] So, now what? Folks that are posting here are right, so long Big Blue, so long?" [02:33] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.nextplatform.com | IBMs Red Hat Acquisition Will Pay For Itself By Early Next Year [02:33] schestowitz[TR2] "Over the last 5 years IBM revenue has grown about 1.67% a year. Pathetic. They used to have the best customer relationships in the world. IBM CEs customer engineers now SSRs were beloved by customers and they had offices and parts lockers etc in customer sites. IBMers on the bigger accounts had offices at customer sites. We literally walked the halls and knew everyone and were respected because we knew our SHI*T. Today many IBM "S [02:33] schestowitz[TR2] ellers" were 2 yrs ago working at Ulta or selling mobile phones at Verizon or have degrees in government studies. New IBM sellers think a cloud is the puffy thing in the sky and a server brings your your food. watson x challenge is like watching paint dry." [02:34] schestowitz[TR2] "Whatever Cramer says: "International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)s CEO Is Doing A Terrific Job, Says Jim Cramer" (just 2 weeks ago) [02:34] schestowitz[TR2] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/international-business-machines-corporation-ibm-202223895.html [02:34] schestowitz[TR2] (Jimmy boy 0wn$ $t0ck.io?) [02:34] schestowitz[TR2] It's not good, but terrific job, look at that, Jimmy boy!! boy crush" [02:34] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-finance.yahoo.com | International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)s CEO Is Doing A Terrific Job, Says Jim Cramer [02:34] schestowitz[TR2] "Oh, really ? I was thinking it would get to $300 per share when he-l freezes over. [02:34] schestowitz[TR2] Or if Cramer kicks the bucket in mid-sentence while praising IBM shares for no good reason." [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k5hre60v [02:38] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k5hre60v ) [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] " [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Let me tweak what you said: [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Instead of "Loophole may be, fine, we don't bring them here, we just get the more people directly or indirectly via SI or outsourcing partner in India." [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] this "Let's prevent them from using loopholes, if the H1B door closes, let's also close the other obvious door, we also need to prevent them from hiring people directly or indirectly (via SI or outsourcing partner) in India itself." [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Good? [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @at+1k5hre60v [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] In IBM's case, it won't matter. [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] It's problems go much deeper than simple labor arbitrage. They're out of every business except for legacy products, and have nothing in the pipeline. The management and shareholders see no value in anything except cash, so they've sold out every part of the company except for mainframes, a few extra hardware groups and legacy software. [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Hiring H1-B for $100k? $500k? They're shipping everything to India, so nothing will change. [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Maybe some tariffs will help, but what products do we actually import from India? [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @as+1k5hre60v [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] @a2 for companies like IBM and McKinsey who have been doing this H1B garbage for more than 20+ years it should be at least US $500,000 or US 1 Million per employee brought on an H1B visa. That will make the executive crooks sit up and take notice. [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ak+1k5hre60v [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] -3 [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] @OP [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Loophole may be, fine, we don't bring them here, we just get the more people directly or indirectly via SI or outsourcing partner in India. [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+1/-4) | Reply [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a4+1k5hre60v [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] +10 [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] @OP [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Yay! Now he needs to go after outsourcing, offshoring, near-shoring (India, Latin America...) AND keep an eye on layoffs here while AK hires in India. "AK, why can't you find the resource here, explain and justify yourself?" [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Save the American middle class. [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] | 10 reactions (+10/-0) | Reply [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a3+1k5hre60v [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] +12 [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Step in the right direction. Prefer it to be $250K. [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] " [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] " [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Trump to add $100,000 fee for skilled worker visa applicants [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] If you are an H1B applicant, that means you ! [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/trump-to-add-100-000-fee-for-skilled-worker-visa-applicants/ar-AA1MUWoU?ocid=msedgntp&pc=w099&cvid=68cdb285350d407cb225c50fc5f92a3a&ei=24 [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] Are there any repercussions for IBM executives who hire H1B people to do the needful ? Or is it not so needful now ? [02:38] schestowitz[TR2] " [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-09/msg00002.html [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] "Hi! [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] > this is the last time I'll post about Mission:Libre [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] Of course I'm speaking for myself but... please don't! [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] This topic is so important! [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] Have a nice day, everyone! :) [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] Gianfranco" [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-09/msg00003.html [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] " [02:39] schestowitz[TR2] yeah, based on what i read from your website, you should *keep* talking about it. you should talk about it as loudly and aggressively (while still being polite) as possible. 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    Geizhals Preisvergleich Donates USD 10,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation
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    Geizhals Preisvergleich began in July of 1997 as a hobby projectand yes, Geizhals literally translates to skinflint in English (they even operate skinflint.co.uk for UK users!). From those humble beginnings, theyve leveraged the power of Perl to scale up to serving 4.3 million monthly users. With Perl being a key part of their infrastructure, they have generously [16:11] schestowitz[TR2] decided to support the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund.

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