Microsoft 'Bought' ZDNet's 'Linux' Section

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2020-05-20 16:43:48 UTC
Modified: 2020-05-20 16:43:58 UTC

Is there something like an NDA (or non-disparagement clauses in NDA) at ZDNet that requires you to shine Microsoft's boots even while covering Linux?

Summary: This is, quite literally, what people are seeing when they look for "Linux" news and go to ZDNet for their 'news' (and it's hardly the exception, we show examples every week). Proving the case that a lot of the media is corrupt (covering only what/who pays the publisher), that ZDNet is corruptible, and Microsoft still corrupts the media to hijack brands it is fighting against

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Don't Do That: Options do exist. People should exercise freedom.
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SLAPP Censorship - Part 188 Out of 200: Used, Then Discarded, by Microsoft (as We Predicted All Along, It's Always Like That): The longer they carry on with it, the more scandalous this will get
43rd Anniversary of the GNU Project Announcement: Coming soon
SLAPP Censorship - Part 187 Out of 200: Reminding Ourselves of the Great Damage Garrett Did to Linux (for Microsoft): he rejects freedom
Illegal and Unconstitutional Tribunal That SLAPPs Critics Does the Illegal and Unconstitutional: It "Rubberstamps Software Patents": This is not a legal system. This is mafia.
Privilege in 'Linux' Foundation (Double Standards) and What the FSF Should Avoid Doing: If RMS can talk about politics, others too should be able to talk about politics
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More Threats From the Person of Restricted Boot Infamy: Remember this is the man who is the principal purveyor of restricted boot and who landed restricted boot in Linux
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
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Gemini Links 18/09/2026: Modern Linguistic, Boxing, Turning 40, and Solar MiniServer: Links for the day
Links 17/09/2026: Studio Closures and Negative Rumours About Microsoft XBox Again: Links for the day
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General Assembly (Meeting of All Staff) Starts in Hour Ago to Discuss Strikes at Europe's Second-Largest Institution (EPO), Strikes to Last Until End of 2026 (If Not Further): The media absolutely does not cover this and that's intentional
Cancel Culture is a Cancer That Harms Democracy, Justice, and Science. It's Designed to Help Corporations Vanish Their Critics.: "Codes of Conduct" sounds benign; in practice, however, it is not
Links 17/09/2026: Class Action Lawsuit Over GAFAM's "NameTag" and Automattic Hides What It Did to CEO Mullenweg (or Why): Links for the day
Gemini Links 17/09/2026: Google Signals the End, ROOPHLOCH Coverage, EBay Uses Offensive Bots to Falsely Accuse Users of Stuff: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, September 16, 2026: IRC logs for Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 2 - Bribes From Slop Pushers Divide Us: Money can and does divide people
Gemini Links 16/09/2026: Cards, Nature, and Conspiracy Theorists: Links for the day
Links 16/09/2026: Proprietary Chatbots Company Lets Humans Moderate Chatbots, "Putin Looking to See How Far he Can Push NATO": Links for the day
The Only Still-Supported Version of Windows Breaks Itself (Again), the Microsoft Layoffs Will Carry on in Secret: In the US they marked about 7% for removal just this past summer
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The Cyber Show Debunks the Alleged Intelligence in Slop: It's shorter than usual
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Links 16/09/2026: US Running Low/Out of Some Ammo Due to Wars, Slop Bots "Are Using an Outrageous Amount of Electricity": Links for the day
"AI Slowdown" is Code Word for Bubble Imploding (Trying to Make This Slowdown Seem Wilful, an Act of Safety and Responsibility): They help one another by inflating the bubble and making false excuses when expansion stalls
SLAPP Censorship - Part 185 Out of 200: What Reputation?: Helping monopolies and working for monopolies never made anybody popular
Gemini Links 16/09/2026: Slovenia, Catastrophe Ethics, and ROOPHLOCH 2026: Links for the day
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IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, September 15, 2026: IRC logs for Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Microsoft 'Bought' ZDNet's 'Linux' Section

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