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schestowitz[TR2]Re: transitive blackmail examplesAug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> In 2021, Red Hat publicly stated that they won't support FSF as long as Aug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> RMS is a memberAug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> Aug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> Did you see Red Hat say the same thing to any other group?Aug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> Aug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> Did you see any other emails or web pages where any organization is Aug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> saying "If you invite X, we won't talk to you"?Aug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> Aug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> Such statements have been made from time to time in relation to RMS, Aug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> Appelbaum and other victims too.Aug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> Aug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> Aug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]> https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-statement-about-richard-stallmans-return-free-software-foundation-boardAug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]I think it's in bad taste, but not illegal. It's more like "campaign finance"  scandals. ALso see https://www.cjr.org/criticism/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.phpAug 31 01:59
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.redhat.com | Red Hat statement about Richard Stallman’s return to the Free Software Foundation boardAug 31 01:59
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.cjr.org | Journalism’s Gates keepers - Columbia Journalism ReviewAug 31 01:59
schestowitz[TR2]  <li>Aug 31 06:13
schestowitz[TR2]                                    <h5><a href="https://linuxiac.com/system76-cosmic-desktop-hits-initial-setup-completion/">System76’s COSMIC Desktop Hits Initial Setup Completion</a></h5>Aug 31 06:13
schestowitz[TR2]                                    <blockquote>Aug 31 06:13
schestowitz[TR2]                                        <p>Since late April, we haven’t really heard much about System76’s eagerly anticipated new desktop environment, COSMIC, which is still sitting at the Alpha 7 stage. Sure, the wait for the beta has dragged on much longer than many expected. </p>Aug 31 06:13
schestowitz[TR2]                                    </blockquote>Aug 31 06:13
schestowitz[TR2]                                </li>Aug 31 06:13
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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | System76’s COSMIC Desktop Hits Initial Setup CompletionAug 31 06:13
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schestowitz[TR2]<li><h5><a href="https://rubenerd.com/sysadmin-work-and-design-shouldnt-be-so-difficult/">Sysadmin work and design shouldn’t be so difficult</a></h5><blockquote><p>The title of this post is a riff on <a href="https://inessential.com/2025/08/28/easy-app-writing.html" title="Writing Mac and iOS Apps Shouldn’t Be So Difficult">Brent Simmons&rsquo; latest post</a>, which I encourage you to read. He contrasted his current experienceAug 31 12:01
schestowitz[TR2] with Mac and iOS development with that of UserLand Frontier that he helped develop with Dave Winer in the early 1990s.</p>Aug 31 12:01
schestowitz[TR2]<p>Balder Bjarnason <a href="https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115111283886498702">linked to this</a> on Mastodon, and added a useful additional thought: [...]</p></blockquote></li> Aug 31 12:01
schestowitz[TR2]           Aug 31 12:01
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Rubenerd: Sysadmin work and design shouldn’t be so difficultAug 31 12:01
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-inessential: Writing Mac and iOS Apps Shouldn’t Be So DifficultAug 31 12:01
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-toot.cafe | Baldur Bjarnason: "“inessential: Writing Mac and iOS Apps Shouldn’t …" - Toot CaféAug 31 12:02
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