Almost 20 Years After Microsoft/Novell
This year's celebrations might happen outside Manchester. Others in the community had suggested ideas and some became very plausible. 2026 is looking like a very bad year for Microsoft; there are layoffs going on - mass layoffs in fact - and Microsoft is hiding them. There are methods for that.
20 years ago when Microsoft signed a deal with Novell (patent collusion) Microsoft was still very powerful and Windows was very dominant ("XP"). So much has changed since then and hours ago in IRC someone pointed out the problems are bigger than just GAFAM. This means we've lessened our focus on Microsoft (and Novell) over the years. The mission has not changed, but the priorities evolve all the time. Missions can stay intact, unlike strategies.
10 days ago we published: People Who Decided to Boycott Novell Over Its Microsoft Alliance Should Also Boycott Canonical
Canonical has since then done at least 2 very mischievous things. It's removing choice and removing trusted programs that bear a reciprocal licence. █