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| schestowitz[TR3] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k18jtqs3 | Jul 31 04:00 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | He is clearly using present and future tense, meaning the firings and layoffs are still to come. | Jul 31 04:00 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | AI and reducing management layers are just excuses. It's not H1B (per Microsoft). Whites were the majority of MSFT and since Satya's leadership is now the minority, dropping 10% just in the last year. Satya has been "boiling the frog" and nobody did anything about it until it is too late. | Jul 31 04:00 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | If you are old, white, male, or (non-indian) asian or recently received an SDP explaining severance, you are on the chopping block. | Jul 31 04:00 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | It's part of the unlearning process. | Jul 31 04:00 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | "Microsoft set to hit $4 trillion market cap after earnings beat" | Jul 31 09:10 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | x https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-set-to-hit-4-trillion-market-cap-after-earnings-beat/articleshow/123010315.cms | Jul 31 09:10 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Microsoft set to hit $4 trillion market cap after earnings beat - The Economic Times | Jul 31 09:10 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <li><h5><a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/breaking-referral-on-description.html?showComment=1753878167955#c3049002701883356671">I wonder if this will address what I see as a lac...</a></h5><blockquote>I wonder if this will address what I see as a lacuna in the EPC in that "claims not supported by the description" is not a ground for opposition, so if the examiner doesn't notice it during examination, nothin | Jul 31 13:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | g can be done. <br /><br />Around 30 years ago the company I worked for was threatened with infringement of three of their main competitor's patents which, if upheld,</blockquote></li> | Jul 31 13:18 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | BREAKING: Referral on description amendments finally confirmed! (G1/25 - “Hydroponics") - The IPKat | Jul 31 13:18 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <li> | Jul 31 13:34 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <h5><a href="https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/30/output-nothing-with-out-null/">Output nothing with –out-null</a></h5> | Jul 31 13:34 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <blockquote> | Jul 31 13:34 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <p>In many cases we can accomplish the same thing with a shell redirect – which also redirects multiple URLs at once: [...] </p> | Jul 31 13:34 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </blockquote> | Jul 31 13:34 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </li> | Jul 31 13:34 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Output nothing with –out-null | daniel.haxx.se | Jul 31 13:34 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <li> | Jul 31 13:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <h5><a href="https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fedora-42-gnome-good-bad-things.html">Ma-ma-ma-ma my Fedora - Good and bad lessons from '42</a></h5> | Jul 31 13:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <blockquote> | Jul 31 13:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <p>Howdie. Many a Linux nerd is under a wrongful impression that I have some rancorous emotional investment toward different components of the operating system called Linux, Gnome in particular. Nope. My dislike of certain technologies is purely technological, ergo if a supposed solution doesn't do what it should, does it badly, or compromises heavily on important ergonomic aspects of DESKTOP | Jul 31 13:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | usage, then, yes. In my case, it comes purely down to functionality, not ideological affiliations. </p> | Jul 31 13:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </blockquote> | Jul 31 13:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </li> | Jul 31 13:37 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.dedoimedo.com | Ma-ma-ma-ma my Fedora - Good and bad lessons from '42 | Jul 31 13:37 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <li><h5><a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/breaking-referral-on-description.html?showComment=1753878167955#c3049002701883356671">I wonder if this will address what I see as a lac...</a></h5><blockquote>I wonder if this will address what I see as a lacuna in the EPC in that "claims not supported by the description" is not a ground for opposition, so if the examiner doesn't notice it during examination, nothin | Jul 31 14:50 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | g can be done. <br /><br />Around 30 years ago the company I worked for was threatened with infringement of three of their main competitor's patents which, if upheld,</blockquote></li> | Jul 31 14:50 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1ezd0ay | Jul 31 17:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | This is the last day to protect your job, act now! | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The next round of firings (no severance package) starts Friday. Please read the following released today from the US Justice Department for context https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1409486/dl "Justice Department Declares DEI Unlawful". | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It applies to public and private entities (like Microsoft) that provide services to the Federal government (Windows, Office/Sharepoint/Exchange/M365, Azure, etc.). The document gives several examples that directly apply to Microsoft (as well as higher education, etc.) | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | This applies to you if you: have ever had to interview or interview with a diverse slate of candidates or interviewers, you've had to interview or discuss/debrief diversity in hiring, you have had to write a D&I statement (do your annual performance) and/or a manager forced to evaluate an employee's D&I statements on msconnects, you have had to take D&I training, or have had to ask your teams to take D&I training (including D&I tra | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ining embedded in other trainers, like the "trust" series), you've had to create training (education or AI) taking into account diversity, you've had to create pay/benefits/offers on equality, building/investing/recruiting in "diverse" geos, etc. (read the link above for more examples). | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | YOU MUST SHOW THAT YOUR OPPOSE THOSE PRACTICES. | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Now is the time to take action and ReportItNow. This is important to protect you in the event that you are fired or layed off, Microsoft cannot retaliate for reporting concerns or the truth. I know this is scary to do but it is the best way to protect yourself to leave a paper trail and it's important for you to report illegal activity. You are also not the only one, Redmond is in a panic right now. Fundamentally it is the right th | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ing to do. It is also important to give names and dates, not to incriminate but to demonstrate that others were put in the same position as you. If you don't it is possible that YOU will be found liable for your participation and not opposing them. | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Make sure to take a picture of the report before submitting, for your own records. Time is of the essance, please prioritize this before COB Thursday. | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Second, after you have done ReportItNow you should share with your collegues that they may have also been asked to participate in illegal practices so they can ReportItNow as well. This is to protect them and there is power in numbers. | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Third, report it to WIT (workplace investigation team) AND AskHR, you can find this on MSW. | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The first three are necessary to protect you, but not sufficient, you also need to make the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and DOJ aware. Microsoft is very good at tryig to hide their illegal activities (did you notice that a couple of extreme D&I things dropped of signals this year?) and quiet those that have tried to speak up. SLT is not on your side here. | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Forth, report it to the EEOC: https://publicportal.eeoc.gov/Portal/Login.aspx | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Fifth, report it to the DOJ: https://oig.justice.gov/hotline/employee_complaint | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I can't stress the importance of doing all of the above BEFORE you are affected and given a BS reason like "performance". I personally would not be concerned about using your work PC to do all of the above. This will give you the documentation you need if you are terminated (starting this Friday August 1st, but rolling out through August) and need to lawyer up. There is also another planned mass layoff in Q4 which this can also pro | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | tect you if you have taken the above actions. | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Good luck, please help each other with support and other suggestions, this will be a painful one. | Jul 31 17:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | It's not just white males there are several of us women that have also been passed up for diversity reasons. I know several diverse (both race and identity) that are sick of being leveraged for their diversity and creating doubt about their skills and ability. | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Even if you aren't white male you should report given the company has put you in this position. | Jul 31 17:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k18jtqs3 | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Whites were the majority of MSFT and since Satya's leadership is now the minority, dropping 10% just in the last year. | Jul 31 17:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It is, after all, an Indian company with offices here in the U.S., so why do you think this is so strange? | Jul 31 17:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | "time to mention crazy matt and his toothpick arms there with his role | Jul 31 18:47 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | in deploying Microsoft shim in place of a platform independent solution which | Jul 31 18:47 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | could have avoided vendor lock-in" | Jul 31 18:47 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | >> Yes, you are good at it. I follow your personal blog and even | Jul 31 19:02 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | >> cited/quoted it in a lawsuit I filed this month in the UK High Court. | Jul 31 19:02 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | >> Info here: | Jul 31 19:02 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | >> http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Why_I_am_Suing_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Alex_Balabha.shtml | Jul 31 19:02 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > I don't see any link. However, I am aware of your [xxx]] of | Jul 31 19:02 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Matthew Garrett. I know him very slightly -- we met once, at a | Jul 31 19:02 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > LinuxCon in Berlin -- but I really admire his work and his writing. | Jul 31 19:02 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > I don't always agree with him or him with me, but I respect him. I do | Jul 31 19:02 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > not understand your beef. | Jul 31 19:02 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights — Why I am Suing the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Alex Balabhadra Graveley, in the UK High Court This Week | Jul 31 19:02 | |
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