Bonum Certa Men Certa

Selling Out to Microsoft Makes You Dead Beef

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 29, 2023

Dog and cows make a chat

THE FUTURE of GNU/Linux seems relatively bright. I wrote a number of articles about it earlier today over at Tux Machines (if you're reading this site for GNU/Linux news and updates, then you should definitely subscribe to Tux Machines). Windows is losing market share, cuts at Microsoft continue, and insiders are very pessimistic there, asserting they're "headed into a depression". See "Most Microsoft Employees No Longer Want to Work for Microsoft, According to Internal Poll"; as just noted, "the US government still challenges the Microsoft-Activision acquisition" (attempt at faking growth or offloading debt).

Earlier today I checked the OSI Web site, knowing that it's run by Microsoft agents and is mostly fronting for Microsoft (the Board aside, the salaries come from Microsoft). The "donate" section is broken entirely and the new site, OpenSource.net, is an utter failure (just one guest writer there and one blog post from him since it was 'launched' 10+ days ago). It doesn't look like Microsoft got its money's worth. Stefano Maffulli might not have many salaries left; he has been binge-ing on Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Gates dollars while defaming the poor person who started Free software. As long as staff of the OSI are taking bribes from Microsoft we cannot trust them. Pedophilia does not bother them, in fact they leverage that for power and money by seeking to cancel innocent people, potentially contributing to health problems.

If all goes as well as we've envisioned, Microsoft will get smaller and smaller. Institutions that sold out to Microsoft will collapse and new ones will inherit the empty space.

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news
The Myth of an Aging (or Dying) GNU/Linux Leadership
Self-fulfilling prophecies as a tactic?
 
Links 07/12/2023: More EPO Patents Squashed, More Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine "Glitches" Found
Links for the day
Still Not 'Canceled'
Ted Ts'o, Jan Kara, Linus Torvalds last month
Google is Googlebombing the Term "Gemini"
Could Google not pick a name that's already "taken"?
Links 06/12/2023: Bitcoin Rebound, China Downgraded by American Firm, Yahoo! Layoffs Again
Links for the day
Shooting the Messenger Using Bribes and Secrecy Bonds
We seem to live in a world where accountability for the rich and well-connected barely exists anymore
Links 06/12/2023: Many More December Layoffs
Links for the day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 05, 2023
IRC logs for Tuesday, December 05, 2023
PipeWire 1.0: Linux audio comes of age
Once upon a time, serious audio users like musicians and audio engineers had real trouble with Linux
This is How 'Linux' Foundation Presents Linux to the World
Right now it even picks Windows over Linux in some cases
Links 05/12/2023: Microsoft's Chatbot as Health Hazard
Links for the day
There's Nothing "Funny" About Attacking Free Speech and Software Freedom
persistent focus on the principal issues is very important
Professor Eben Moglen Explained How Software Patent Threats Had Changed Around 2014 (Alice Case) and What Would Happen Till 2025
clip aged reasonably well
GNU/Linux Adoption in Africa, a Passageway Towards Freedom From Neo-Colonialism
Digi(tal)-Colonialism and/or Techolonialism are a thing. Can Africa flee the trap?
CNN Contributes to Demolition of the Open Web
Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
Eben Moglen on Encryption and Anonymity
The alternate net we need, and how we can build it ourselves
Yet More Microsofters Inside the Board of Mozilla (Which Has Just Outsourced Firefox Development to Microsoft's Proprietary Prison)
Do you want a browser controlled (and spied on) by such a company?
IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 04, 2023
IRC logs for Monday, December 04, 2023
GNU/Linux Now Exceeds 3.6% Market Share on Desktops/Laptops, According to statCounter
things have changed for Windows in China
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news
Links 05/12/2023: Debt Brake in Germany and Layoffs at Condé Nast (Reddit, Wired, Ars Technica and More)
Links for the day