THE attack waged by GitHub has long been explored and explained by us, for we have a number of people researching those things. One person has machines running and processing data for days at a time, gathering statistics and pulling in tons of data for analysis.
"GitHub is still costing Microsoft billions in losses."We recently published a number of revelations about WSL2 -- revelations that Microsoft struggled with and was unable to refute. We typically know we've struck a nerve when anonymous Microsoft trolls (who later turn out be be employees, though it takes unmasking efforts) come to our IRC channels. That happened again yesterday. We also saw some ad hominem attacks on Twitter. When the facts don't suit them they then starting attacking people and/or sites' reputation. And apparently having a campaign called "boycott Novell" somehow disproves what we wrote about WSL2? Even Microsoft's Project Management and levels above them have become involved. It means they're hurt. The entryism is exposed for the sham (and technically a failure, too) that it is. GitHub is still costing Microsoft billions in losses. They operate at a massive loss (it's about control/domination/coercion, not direct profitability). The same is habitually said about Azure.
Pertinent details are, as usual, in IRC logs (which we publish each morning).
I am still blocked by GitHub's CEO in Twitter even though I never spoke to him.
"Maybe some time in the future Microsoft will also block Techrights, preventing its employees in over 100 countries from accessing information about Microsoft."We saw it as a badge of honour when the European Patent Office's (EPO) Benoît Battistelli decided to block Techrights on every EPO PC in several countries, impacting about 7,000 workers, preventing them from accessing information about their employer, including authentic leaks. António Campinos, now at the Office for 2 years, maintains that censorship, which is half a decade old now. Staff of the EPO cannot even access material crucial for prior art search or opposition to software patents in Europe.
Maybe some time in the future Microsoft will also block Techrights, preventing its employees in over 100 countries from accessing information about Microsoft. At the moment they just actively discourage them, typically using arguments that boil down to nothing of substance, only personal attacks. ⬆
"They [Microsoft] have the deepest of pockets, unlimited ambition, and they are willing to lose money for years and years just to make sure that you don't make any money, either. And they are mean, REALLY mean."
--Robert X. Cringely