●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, October 24, 2024 ●● ● Oct 24 [00:35] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 24 [02:12] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:13] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:14] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@uivdf4yi6wfqn.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:57] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 24 [05:21] schestowitz https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v66YMrf [05:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v66YMrf ) [05:21] schestowitz " No ladies of the night to keep Alvind, the pig Kavanaugh and Miz Wrong company ?? Darned shame and this is the city that never sleeps....sigh. " [05:21] schestowitz https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v8hfcIe [05:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v8hfcIe ) [05:21] schestowitz " [05:21] schestowitz IBM has a strategy now ? since when ? [05:21] schestowitz Alvind and his Pipmunks can't even sit the right way on a toilet seat...neither can the obese pig Kavanaugh. They have no strategy to win....it's falling apart under Mohamed Ali. [05:21] schestowitz " [05:22] schestowitz "https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v8thkDc" [05:22] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v8thkDc ) [05:22] schestowitz " [05:22] schestowitz Pretty soon the Indians will be kicked out of Antarctica too...not even penguins like these curried farts. [05:22] schestowitz Is Alvind still holed up in his Penthouse in NYC ? Is Miz Wrong with him for a good time ? [05:22] schestowitz " ● Oct 24 [10:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:05] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes [10:16] schestowitz
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    Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers
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    Those dropped from the maintainer list oversee various Linux drivers that provide interoperability with hardware from vendors like Acer and Cirrus Logic.

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    • [10:16] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theregister.com | Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers The Register ● Oct 24 [11:14] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:14] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 24 [12:01] schestowitz > Hi Roy, [12:01] schestowitz > [12:01] schestowitz > I'm using this temporary address to send you this e-mail, [12:01] schestowitz > while I've applied for a disroot e-mail address too, tentatively [12:01] schestowitz > [12:01] schestowitz > That may take up to 48 hours to be approved, so I can't use it yet. [12:01] schestowitz > [12:01] schestowitz > My name and home address are: [12:01] schestowitz Thanks, we can hopefully ship this week. [12:01] schestowitz br, [12:44] schestowitz https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v9qJp0B [12:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v9qJp0B ) [12:44] schestowitz " [12:44] schestowitz Guess the beloved Alvind and the pig Kavanaugh have to start chopping heads at the very place where they assumed maximum future growth. Sorry boys, but your strategy does not look like it's working, now or in the future. Maybe you should consider selling another business unit to pay for Alvind's much anticipated multi-million bonus in early 2025. [12:44] schestowitz There are no sacred cows at Indian Business Machines - pun intended ! [12:44] schestowitz " ● Oct 24 [13:56] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@j9gt2haw74jrk.irc) has joined #techbytes [13:57] schestowitz " [13:57] schestowitz It is the end of the z16 cycle which by the way has been selling very well overall. 2025 is probably when the next Z machine is coming out... People need to stop this sh-t about mainframe dying. Mainframes will still be here 20+ years from now. [13:57] schestowitz Oxk I think you are not paying attention, as their strategy (lower costs) is playing out exactly as they forecast since Jan. SW=up (note all SW buys including redhat contributing significantly) Consulting = flat, BUT margins improving significantly Infrastructure = down due to business cycle (eg mainframe and power due for refresh). Your statement of selling a business EG lowering cost does have some truth as the CFO said cost sav [13:57] schestowitz ings had been improved to 3.5 billion vs the forecast 3 from last quarter. That means another potential 6.5k head count reduction. NOTE this is on top of the 400 million allocated in 2nd q and the 300-350 million booked yesterday (eg 725 million would equate to approx 9.5k headcount reduction which is very close to the 8k thats been reported in the USA). The strategy of lowering costs seems to me to be playing exactly as advertised [13:57] schestowitz " [13:57] schestowitz https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v9qJp0B ● Oct 24 [15:13] schestowitz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/10/board-of-appeal-back-pedals-on-referral.html?showComment=1729673879110#c2721432668420095332 [15:13] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Board of Appeal back-pedals on referral in view of "unequivocal" lack of legal basis for the description amendment requirement (T 56/21) - The IPKat [15:13] schestowitz "Well, I must admit that the chances of members of the UPC's judiciary reading your epi article are much higher than the chances of them spotting my comment on this forum. As relying upon the description of the application as filed resolves the inconsistency that your article points out, then it seems that the patent monopoly profession owes you a debt of gratitude for drawing attention to this problem.

    Sadly, it seems [15:13] schestowitz that not even pointing to the obvious implications of such glaring inconsistencies is likely to persuade certain EPO Boards of Appeal that their rather strained (and often circular) interpretations of Article 84 EPC do not correspond with the true object and purpose of that provision. This seems to be because certain individuals cling to such (incorrect) interpretations almost as if they represent an article of faith ... with the conse [15:13] schestowitz quence that no amount of reasoning or evidence to the contrary will sway them from their beliefs. So long as those individuals retain their current views (and levels of influence within the EPO), there is therefore no chance of a positive resolution to this issue." [15:13] schestowitz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/10/board-of-appeal-back-pedals-on-referral.html?showComment=1729676459247#c7240276702744586848 [15:13] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Board of Appeal back-pedals on referral in view of "unequivocal" lack of legal basis for the description amendment requirement (T 56/21) - The IPKat [15:13] schestowitz "Mr Hagel, your "mutual respect" point caught my eye. Over my 50 years of patent monopoly practice I have observed the emergence and refinement of a body of law on matters of patent monopoly validity which is easily the most coherent, the best in all the world. It's the EPO's, of course. If that doesn't deserve great respect, I don't know what does.

    Conversely, what experience does the EPO have, of patent monopoly i [15:13] schestowitz nfringement proceedings? Not a lot, to put it mildly.

    The issue with conforming the description is an ever more awkward one for the EPO. When is the validity of a patent monopoly prejudiced by less than perfect conformity? Is a well-meaning EPO, intoxicated by its success in the adjudication of issues of validity, straying into areas reserved for the courts? There is a very old saying: Let the cobbler stick to his last. Desp [15:13] schestowitz ite its age, and despite the fact that cobblers are an endangered species, it still has relevance today." ● Oct 24 [16:04] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [16:10] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@uivdf4yi6wfqn.irc) has joined #techbytes [16:11] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:11] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@uivdf4yi6wfqn.irc) has joined #techbytes [16:25] *parsifal (~parsifal@6thegygyadsu4.irc) has joined #techbytes [16:25] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Oct 24 [18:57] *alphazone (~alphazone@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 24 [19:29] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:31] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes [19:55] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:58] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 24 [22:50] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/)