Bonum Certa Men Certa

IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: November 4th, 2008

GNOME Gedit



Enter the IRC channel now





*Eruaran (n=jeremy@183.110.208.203.cable.dyn.gex.ncable.com.au) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 00:06
*PetoKraus has quit (Remote closed the connection)Nov 04 00:31
*PetoKraus (n=Peter@cpc4-broo2-0-0-cust1012.renf.cable.ntl.com) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 00:32
MinceRgnNov 04 00:36
*PetoKraus has quit (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out))Nov 04 01:02
twitterIt has been a slow day for the trolls at Slashdot.  There were a few scrubbing the comments section but they seem to have left me alone all day.  Yesterday, they used a lot of mod points and they also made sure every firehose submission of mine was invisible.  Today, next to nothing.Nov 04 01:15
Eruaranhello allNov 04 01:16
EruaranWindows 7 new killer feature: Windows Libraries... What is that do you say ? Its... mount points.Nov 04 01:16
schestowitzUSENET trolls are down too. Others pointed that out.Nov 04 01:17
Eruaran"I can see Russia from my house" - Sarah Palin (The Saturday Night Live version ;)Nov 04 01:21
schestowitz:-)Nov 04 01:45
*logger_bot has quit (leguin.freenode.net irc.freenode.net)Nov 04 02:04
*logger_bot (n=roy@baine.smb.man.ac.uk) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 02:05
*ZiggyFish1 (n=brendan@123-243-163-103.static.tpgi.com.au) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 02:20
ZiggyFish1Melbourn Cups on todayNov 04 02:22
tessierschestowitz: Why do you think trolls are down?Nov 04 02:31
*dsmith_ (n=dsmith@c-76-114-142-224.hsd1.md.comcast.net) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 03:07
tessierschestowitz: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/...Nov 04 03:22
tessierRather funnyNov 04 03:22
EruaranI like itNov 04 03:50
tessierhttp://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.6/... "Teaching children to use Windows is like teaching them to smoke tobacco—in a world where only one company sells tobacco."Nov 04 04:06
tessierHe must sit around all day thinking these things up. That's a great analogy.Nov 04 04:06
*ZiggyFish1 has quit ("Leaving.")Nov 04 04:25
*yuhong (n=chatzill@pool-71-188-245-175.sttlwa.dsl-w.verizon.net) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 05:20
yuhongI am no fan of the Windows-related coverage on Boycott Novell.Nov 04 05:22
yuhongBut I do like the MS, Novell, and Linux coverage on it.Nov 04 05:22
yuhongI don't think Windows will die anytime soon, but I don't like MS taxing Linux when it is not theirs.Nov 04 05:23
*yuhong has quit ("ChatZilla 0.9.83 [Firefox 3.0.3/2008092417]")Nov 04 05:40
*dsmith_ has quit (Read error: 54 (Connection reset by peer))Nov 04 05:45
*tessier is now known as semanticmanNov 04 06:59
*semanticman is now known as tessierNov 04 07:00
*kentma (n=user@ellandroad.demon.co.uk) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 07:34
*kentma1 (n=user@host86-155-234-135.range86-155.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 07:58
*kentma has quit (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out))Nov 04 07:59
schestowitztessier: thanks for the link. I think the analogy is similar to old ones he used.Nov 04 08:09
schestowitzhttp://boycottnovell.com/2008/... "I just heard that Novell is designing the OS for Windows 7. I live in Provo Utah and heard it from an insider that Novell is designing it w/ a flavor of Linux. I guess that M$ even admits that NT is loaded w/ security and stability issues."Nov 04 08:12
*PetoKraus (n=Peter@cpc4-broo2-0-0-cust1012.renf.cable.ntl.com) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 08:39
schestowitzhttp://techdirt.com/articles/20... "With more and more countries aggressively moving to embrace free and open source software, it appears that Microsoft is using its own money to its advantage, such as with this agreement to hand over $60 million to South Korea to get it to use its software, rather than the alternatives. "Nov 04 09:01
*PetoKraus has quit (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out))Nov 04 09:02
MinceRgeekingsNov 04 09:09
schestowitzhttp://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattl... "On the day that Barack Obama's maternal grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, died in Hawaii, the California Republican Party filed a complaint about the Democratic nominee's recent trip to see her."Nov 04 09:25
schestowitzObama's grandmother dies of cancer at 86 < http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/20...  > "The death of Madelyn Dunham, coming a day before the election, introduced a somber note in the closing hours of Obama's historic presidential bid. Dunham, who was Obama's closest remaining relative, died at her Hawaii home from cancer, his campaign said."Nov 04 09:30
kentma1I wonder how long MS will be able to afford to pay people to use their software.  This has a Cnut feel to it.Nov 04 09:36
schestowitzThey approach debt, they cut expenses, sack employees, and I imagine that they are in for some rough times. Crazy spree of acquiring competitors won't do anymore.Nov 04 09:37
schestowitzGoogle/Yahoo negotiations back on: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/... But another MS insider: http://kara.allthingsd.com/20081103/...Nov 04 09:38
schestowitzHard times for Sun... http://news.cnet.com/8301-1... Maybe good for Linux though.. http://www.theregister.co.u... "aimed primarily at getting Solaris shops to move to IBM servers running Linux.."Nov 04 09:53
schestowitzThe liars at IDC are out with 'numbers' again (/which/ numbers), contradicting figures that over 40% of the sub-notebooks run GNU/Linux: http://www.microsoft-watch.com/conten...Nov 04 10:25
schestowitzCircuit City to Close 155 Stores < http://www.pcworld.com/article/1532... >. Maybe they got VistaChannelStuffedNov 04 10:32
schestowitzIs Ubuntu killing other distributions? < http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21468/1148/ >Nov 04 10:42
*moparx has quit ("leaving")Nov 04 10:47
*reverseblade (n=ogumus@88.247.199.142) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 13:05
reversebladeHey guysNov 04 13:05
reversebladeYOU ARE BUNCH OF IDIots!!Nov 04 13:05
*reverseblade (n=ogumus@88.247.199.142) has left #boycottnovell ("Leaving")Nov 04 13:05
*libervisco has quit (Connection timed out)Nov 04 13:29
schestowitzHow not to advocate freedom (anger!): http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IH1LeHHEftsNov 04 13:38
*libervisco (n=libervis@tuxhacker/libervisco) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 13:40
*PetoKraus (n=Peter@cpc4-broo2-0-0-cust1012.renf.cable.ntl.com) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 14:31
schestowitzFailure for the bribing chaps/champs: Intel dumps ultrawideband research < http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/... >Nov 04 14:42
schestowitzIt's official: Siemens sells out to Fujitsu < http://www.channelregister.co.uk... >Nov 04 14:46
MinceRgoodNov 04 14:49
schestowitzWait for this.Nov 04 14:49
MinceRi wasn't too fond of siemens quality.Nov 04 14:49
schestowitzI know you don't like Apple, so... Apple iPod, iPhone wonk: iQuit? < http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008... >Nov 04 14:49
schestowitzMore room for the heaps of Linux-powered players.Nov 04 14:49
schestowitzSiemans = corruption and bribery. They are the champs at that.Nov 04 14:49
schestowitz*SiemensNov 04 14:50
*Eruaran has quit (Remote closed the connection)Nov 04 15:07
schestowitzIBM VP of open source says "Requires Silverlight? Err, no thanks." <http://www.sutor.com/newsite/bl... > He said the same things about Mono, which he wanted removed.Nov 04 15:17
schestowitzCloud computing cartoon: Nov 04 15:30
schestowitzhttp://ubersoft.net/files/comi...Nov 04 15:30
MinceRlolNov 04 15:31
schestowitz"Thin" sounds unhealthy. "Cloud" sounds nice and fluffy.Nov 04 15:32
*PetoKraus has quit (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out))Nov 04 15:49
*Stormx2 (n=Stormx2@5ad9960b.bb.sky.com) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 15:57
*Stormx2 (n=Stormx2@5ad9960b.bb.sky.com) has left #boycottnovell ("Leaving")Nov 04 15:58
twitterI agree, anger is bad.  I like the way RMS delivers the news better.Nov 04 17:13
twitterThen again, I don't know every audience.Nov 04 17:13
twitterand there are a lot of angry people in the world.Nov 04 17:14
*trmanco (n=trmanco@bl8-236-149.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 17:16
twitterThe netbook article from IDC was a well laid egg.  They planted that Slashdot story yesterday which mistakenly claimed 70% of all Asus EEPCs sold were the XP model.  The real figure given was shipped and that too may have been a lie.Nov 04 18:00
twitterThen a week or two ago they had that big lie about more people returning their Linux netbook than their XP netbook.Nov 04 18:00
twitterZip, zip, zip, three big lies to keep people away from GNU/Linux.Nov 04 18:01
twitterThe real story was that EEEPC sold like hot cakes and people loved them before M$ put their paws on it.Nov 04 18:02
twitterM$ crushed them by corrupting Xandros, Asus, and through their usual retail chain manipulation.Nov 04 18:03
twitterThe result was harmful to everyone but M$.  Xandros has gone nowhere.  Asus saw 14.4% less profit this year than last and retail chains are going under left and right.Nov 04 18:04
twitter:)Nov 04 18:08
twitterThe trolls were around yesterday.  They tried to attribute Adolf Hitroll to me.  http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?si...Nov 04 18:09
twitterThat pretty much confirms that Adolf Hitroll is another nym of the usual suspects.Nov 04 18:10
schestowitzbrbNov 04 18:58
trmancohttp://www.bsdstats.org/Nov 04 19:02
*PetoKraus (n=Peter@cpc4-broo2-0-0-cust1012.renf.cable.ntl.com) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 19:04
schestowitzAre preliminary results due by midnight? is MaCain (& Camp) still accusing Obama of being a Bahaii with the middle name Adolf? Or slamming him for visiting his dying granda? Or attributing pigs with lipstick to Palin?Nov 04 19:16
schestowitztessier: these stats totally leave out OS X users. Good.Nov 04 19:17
schestowitzThis is not the end of capitalism < http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/227 >Nov 04 19:27
schestowitzAnother BillG fantasy going down (other ones being SPOT watch and Surface, both of which failed): Ray Ozzie ticks off Tablet PC fans < http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Ozzi... >Nov 04 19:32
schestowitzhttp://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-1... Good thing we have DIRAC.Nov 04 19:55
schestowitzhttp://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/a... "So we decided to catch up with one of the man behind the project, George Wright who is Portofolio Manager at Research and Innovaton. If Flash isn't your style we have the same video in Mpeg4, Ogg Theora and Ogg Dirac. "Nov 04 19:56
MinceRwhy are those provisions bad?Nov 04 19:59
MinceRit seems to me that it merely means that on2 waives its rights to those patentsNov 04 20:00
schestowitzI'm not sure. Defence?Nov 04 20:00
MinceRgranted, putting them into the public domain would be preferableNov 04 20:00
schestowitzYesNov 04 20:00
twitterHigh prices on touch screens have been in M$'s favor because free software rocks there.  I'd love to have a tablet PC and load it with GPE as a window manager for tablet mode.Nov 04 20:08
MinceRi'm waiting for the Eee PC with touchscreenNov 04 20:09
twitterSee the Xandros section on BN today.  M$ has pretty much ruined EEEPCNov 04 20:10
schestowitzhttp://www.heise.de/engl... +  http://www.theregister.co.uk... = http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/...Nov 04 20:10
schestowitzEee PC... they call it "race to the bottom"Nov 04 20:11
schestowitzThen Microsoft pulled them over... raised Eee PC from $200 to $600. Idiocy.Nov 04 20:11
MinceRit's still the most desirable netbook to me :>Nov 04 20:12
MinceRespecially the 901Nov 04 20:13
MinceRwith almost 8 hours of operational time on batteryNov 04 20:13
schestowitzWaste, by design: Is Motorola Trying To Ban Reselling Phones? < http://techdirt.com/articles/200... >Nov 04 20:13
schestowitzAnd more digital obsolescence: http://techdirt.com/articles/200... Can anyone still buy a HDDVD player to play told films that will 'expire'?Nov 04 20:14
twitterYour touch screen device comes with the M$ Tax.  Good luck getting it to work with GNU/Linux http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/...Nov 04 20:14
schestowitzMinceR: the machines get as HDD, hungry processor etc. because of Windows. Battery life will suffer universally. What we need to do is wait for ARM. Real soon now...Nov 04 20:15
MinceRthe linux version has SSDNov 04 20:15
schestowitzYes, but it's more scarce.Nov 04 20:16
twitterThe HD specs can expire your display too.  Staying far away from that whole market.  Going for nice projector/mythTV.Nov 04 20:16
MinceRtwitter: that's not the device i meant... i see little point in these "all-in-one" desktopsNov 04 20:16
twitterI see it as a large Palm device or a small notebook.  I like pen interfaces.Nov 04 20:17
schestowitzDRM 'champions' get the axe:  Video games giant to axe 500 jobs < http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technolog... >Nov 04 20:17
schestowitzThat's just a month+ after Microsoft had given the boot to Ensemble.Nov 04 20:17
twitter901 is being phased out, isn't it?Nov 04 20:17
MinceRit might beNov 04 20:18
MinceRas it's under 10"Nov 04 20:18
schestowitzI still have my Pam Tungsten.Nov 04 20:18
MinceRi have a palm tungsten e2 but it's dead alreadyNov 04 20:18
schestowitzIt's good for traveling... full-sized keyboard.Nov 04 20:18
MinceRrefused to boot any more after a year and a monthNov 04 20:18
twitterI still have my Handspring Visor and used it till a year ago.Nov 04 20:18
MinceRi have a qtek 9100Nov 04 20:19
twitterIt does not sync well anymore.Nov 04 20:19
MinceR(and a dell inspiron 9400)Nov 04 20:19
MinceRoh, so the Top was the Eee PC that was supposed to have a touchscreen, not a netbook :(Nov 04 20:20
twitterAll of my desktop PIM has gone multi file for everything.  To keep track of things on my next job, I'm going to be using my 6 year old Zaurus.Nov 04 20:20
MinceRi'm hoping i can replace the qtek 9100 with a proper linux-based pda/phone soonNov 04 20:20
twitterWho knows what Asus will do next.  Xandros is probably out of the question but M$ is a sinking ship too.  Asus might turn around after seeing Vista 7.Nov 04 20:23
schestowitzThere will be a thin v7 version.Nov 04 20:23
schestowitzSomething in iTWire suggested so.Nov 04 20:24
schestowitzSo they fragment Vista 7, just like Windows Mobile. Bad choice.Nov 04 20:24
twitterCoke Zero, there's got to be a good way to compare V7 thin to zero.Nov 04 20:25
twitterYou don't think they can really trim down their restrictions and spyware idiocy to something small and usable do you?Nov 04 20:25
twitterMaybe that's how they will make demo units ...Nov 04 20:26
trmancohttp://lwn.net/Articles/305833/Nov 04 20:26
trmancoTheora 1.0 final release!Nov 04 20:26
twittercoolNov 04 20:28
twitterThanks, Roy, for sharing the $200 Asus link  http://www.linuxdevices.com/ne...Nov 04 20:28
twitterThat's encouraging.Nov 04 20:28
trmancohttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ostatic/~3/441...Nov 04 20:30
schestowitzHow to resolve poor choice of a platform, which leads to Pentagon zombie PCs? Find a scapegoat, put him/her in Guantanamo Bay...  MPs want UK jail time for hacker < http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/tech... >Nov 04 20:30
schestowitzhttp://ostatic.com/176398-blog/goog... "We've made the point before that as good as Google's Chrome browser is, many users will still want to stick with Firefox because of how incredibly useful Firefox extensions are. "Nov 04 20:31
schestowitzMozilla prepares final resting place for Firefox 2 < http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/31/mozil... >Nov 04 20:31
schestowitzMinceR would *LOVE* that: http://www.pcworld.com/article/153... ( Apple May Cut IPhone 3G Production by 40 Percent )Nov 04 20:33
schestowitzHypePhone -> HidePhone.Nov 04 20:33
schestowitzProblems With E-Voting Reported Early in Battleground States < http://www.pcworld.com/article/1532... >: The result of Bush-imposed dumbing-down of procurement, leading to Diebold/Windows epic fail.Nov 04 20:35
twitterepic fraud.Nov 04 20:44
twitterNaomi Wolf thinks mass arrests are not far off.Nov 04 20:45
schestowitzWell, some crazy people actually protest against the war, so..Nov 04 20:46
twitterGuantanamo Bay type prisons have been erected in all 50 states, supposedly for illegal immigrantsNov 04 20:47
schestowitzChinese people RMS spoke about the other day..Nov 04 20:48
twitterdissidents have been identified, the lists have been used for further spying.  They can be used for jail.Nov 04 20:49
twitterCan't have freedom interfering with corporate profits and US conquest.Nov 04 20:52
schestowitzCharles goes for Obama in a long essay: "I hope and think that this man could be Barack Obama."  < http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.p... >Nov 04 20:56
schestowitzI was impressed to find Gilmore encouraging people to fight the "copyrights cartel":  http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv262_0... http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv263_03_dan... http://www.archive.org/details/e-dv263_...Nov 04 20:58
twitterGillmore, a softie?Nov 04 20:59
twitterThey usually rail at "content" vendors while doing their every wish.  M$ wants control.Nov 04 21:00
schestowitzNo Softie. http://www.dangillmor.com/AboutDan/Nov 04 21:07
schestowitzJust my typos.Nov 04 21:07
*PetoKraus has quit (Remote closed the connection)Nov 04 21:08
schestowitzBlod here: http://citmedia.org/blog/Nov 04 21:08
*PetoKraus (n=Peter@cpc4-broo2-0-0-cust1012.renf.cable.ntl.com) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 21:08
schestowitz*BlogNov 04 21:08
twittercool stuff.  you would almost expect someone like that to hate copyright.Nov 04 21:09
twitterthen again, the only person who could love copyright as it is are MPAA/RIAA types.Nov 04 21:10
twitterHa ha, Dibold accused of violating GPL  http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl...Nov 04 21:12
schestowitzMany companies violate it. GPL reigns.Nov 04 21:13
schestowitzThey need to play nice, otherwise Freedom will kill them in the rear. McAfee and VMware too..Nov 04 21:13
schestowitzhttp://ctrambler.wordpress.com/2008/... "I don’t like how Ubuntu is “contributing” to translations. For Slovenian translations it is the distribution with the worst translations. And why this is so? Because they don’t use the high quality translations from upstream, like any other normal distribution does."Nov 04 22:06
*trmanco has quit ("I just hit the close button :)")Nov 04 22:07
schestowitzTech layoffs: The scorecard (updated) < http://news.cnet.com/tech-layoffs... >Nov 04 22:34
schestowitzScare tactics: What's in your app? < http://www.gcn.com/onli... >Nov 04 22:44
MinceRgnNov 04 23:02
*PetoKraus has quit (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out))Nov 04 23:16
*dsmith_ (n=dsmith@c-76-114-142-224.hsd1.md.comcast.net) has joined #boycottnovellNov 04 23:22

Recent Techrights' Posts

New Article Explains How the GPL Came About and WordPress Having Copyleft Obligations
Having been involved in the WordPress development community since almost the beginning, I know why it chose the GPL and how it restricts abuse by Automattic
Dr Richard Stallman (RMS) Gives Talk in Oxford University in 4 Hours
If you live nearby, go there (it's free as in gratis)
Using a Law Firm's Licence to Exercise Politics Through Frivolous SLAPPs and Nastygrams (to Silence People, Remove Pages, Demand Fake or Forced 'Apologies')
Things must be getting really bad when lawyers act for raving antisemites
Another Site Bites the Dust: "Open Source For You" Becoming a Slopfarm (LLM Slop)
What a shame. Another dead site.
 
Richard Stallman's Oxford Talk Has Just Ended, Here Are Some Photos
he might hop over to another European country
Gemini Links 24/04/2025: Birthday and Good Work of Academia in Esotericism
Links for the day
Links 24/04/2025: EU fines Apple and Facebook, Another Microsoft GitHub Security Blunder
Links for the day
IBM Gained Almost 6 Billion Dollars in "Goodwill" Value in Just 3 Months, According to IBM
Congrats to the management!
In Belarus, Yandex is Now Measured as 50 Times More 'Popular' (by Usage) Than Microsoft
Yandex continues to gain, whereas Bing cannot even register at 1%. Last month it was registered or measured at a measly 0.65%.
IBM Cannot Lie to Shareholders Anymore
"I would not be surprised if we see a layoff every quarter this year."
We're Working to Make Full-Site Search Available
This site has over 1,000 'wiki' pages, many thousands of documents, several thousands of videos, and about 50,000 blog posts or articles. We need to make them easier to find/navigate.
Links 24/04/2025: IBM Loses Many Contracts, Intel to Lay Off Over 20% (Not Counting Those Who Leave 'Voluntarily')
Links for the day
Richard Stallman Can Explain to Oxford Artificial Intelligence Society Why LLM Slop is Not Artificial Intelligence and Why It Hurts Society
another 'crop' of LLM slop that damages GNU/Linux and facts
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
IRC logs for Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Open Source Initiative (OSI) Promoting Microsoft and Proprietary Software Using Microsoft Operatives
Because nothing says "Open Source" like GPL violations facilitated by Microsoft
Links 23/04/2025: Crackdowns on Dissent, Palin Loses Libel Retrial Against New York Times
Links for the day
Links 23/04/2025: Hard Times and Digital Amnesia
Links for the day
The GNU/Linux Site Formerly Known as "linoxide.com" is Back... as an LLM Slopfarm!
Better for linoxide.com to go offline than to do this
Get Rid of Back Doors, Don't Obsess Over Bounties and Other Corporate PR Stunts (or Needless Reboot Rituals)
Security as a term has mostly lost its meaning due to repeated misuse for many years
Richard Stallman to Speak in Oxford University Exactly a Day From Now
outsourced to GAFAM
Links 23/04/2025: "Hiding Corruption" and "The Cost of Defunding Harvard"
Links for the day
Microsoft 'Studies' Again? Leon Musolff is Writing Papers With Microsoft.
Even if one can see/find a link to "the study" (in the Bezos-controlled publication), most people won't look any further and just take everything at face value.
Towards GNU World Domination
The FSF led by Geoffrey S. Knauth with his friend Richard Stallman in the FSF's Board [...] Let's encourage people to adopt GNU/Linux. There has never been a better time.
statCounter Helps Visualise Just How Deep in Trouble Microsoft is (Especially in Africa)
Microsoft sabotaged efforts to connect Africans and equip them with GNU/Linux laptops
The Register is Using Linux-Hostile Clickbait in Articles of Linux Proponents
Don't be a "whore" to advertisers, team El Reg
Microsoft Windows in Cyprus Lacking a Future
Most people access the Web there from mobile
Matrix Has a Severe Problem With Illegal Images
If Matrix cannot get the CP problem under control, many projects and people will dump Matrix
Never Try to Justify Strangulation of Women (Not in the US and Not in the UK)
Joint post by Mrs. Rianne Schestowitz and Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Links 23/04/2025: Tesla Profits Plunge 71%, Intel Ready to Lay Off 20% of Staff, Microsoft and IBM Layoffs
Links for the day
Microsoft's Most Profound Issue is That People Moved to 'Mobile' and "App Stores" (Microsoft's Presence There is Negligible)
Expect a wild ride for Microsoft this year
Google News is Amplifying FUD and Lies About Linux (and OpenSSH/SSH) by Promoting Slopfarms With Machine-Generated FUD and Slop Images
Google should know better
Gemini Links 23/04/2025: Librarians, Anubis, and Refactoring a Gemini Capsule
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
IRC logs for Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Links 22/04/2025: Ending DEI Policies at Adobe, FTC Sues Uber
Links for the day
RMS is Done at KCL, Next Stop is Oxford
The message of RMS has long resonated well in India
US Government Already Bailing Out OpenAI/Microsoft With "Contracts", As Usual, Back Doors You Cannot Remove Becoming 'a Step Closer' on New PCs (Unless Everyone Acts ASAP)
The next "logical" step towards digital prisons
Microsoft Devises PR Stunts to Distract From Impending Mass Layoffs and Likely Bad Results Preceding Those Mass Layoffs
A "voluntary exit plan"
Gemini Links 22/04/2025: Deaths, HamsterCMS, and More
Links for the day
Links 22/04/2025: FTC v. Meta Trial and Google Remedies
Links for the day
In Turkey, Windows Down Rapidly While GNU/Linux Grows
Although Turkey is in NATO (but not the EU), it cannot quite trust computer systems controlled by the United States
GNOME, Microsoft, and GitHub: The Lack of Reporting on Abusive Colleagues Contributed to Profound Media Vacuum (or Blackout), Now Resorting to SLAPPs
This lack of morality/courage has helped enable further abuse, lining up more victims
Richard Stallman Has Updated His Article on Why "Free Software Is Even More Important Now"
Richard Stallman is about to give a talk here in the UK in a few hours
Microsoft Already Attacks the BSDs as Well (the E.E.E. Way, as Usual)
Bearers of bad news
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is in Trouble, May Soon be Out of Business
Openwashing needs to end
Microsoft's Debt Grew Over 6 Billion Dollars in the Last Reporting Quarter (Before Inauguration), Expect Worse Next Week When 'Results' Are Disclosed and Mass Layoffs Resume
Microsoft is bleeding. It does not want people to notice.
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, April 21, 2025
IRC logs for Monday, April 21, 2025
Richard Stallman Gives Public Talk in London in 7 Hours (Need to Register as Venue Limited to 150 Seats), Public Announcements Begin to Appear
These are not announced weeks or months in advance