Summary: Richard Stallman gave this talk some years ago; meanwhile, a leading technical university got cracked due to Microsoft* and it won't dare mention the culprit
So Microsoft has dragged this university's computing environment down from world class to that of a year 2021 "Hillsdale College". To be sure, Oracle and Cisco also have their fingers in that pie and a role in the demise of the institution's role as one of the world leaders in computing. See "Our Attorney's Response To Microsoft" (posted by Roblimo) and this last article which brings up a very important point -- that Microsoft regards its contracts as trade secrets so even someone resourceful and tenacious would be unlikely to succeed in a FOIA request regarding the publicly-funded university's support contracts. Microsoft tried to censor information while crushing standards. Those institutions late in weaning themselves from Microsoft Windows can look at Samba 4 as an alternative.
Lawfare powered by slop companies (including Microsoft) from America, targetting British people who consistently oppose slop because it's objectively terrible
Time will tell is there are investigative journalists out there who will quit parroting Microsoft (e.g. false layoff figures) and relying on LLMs controlled by Microsoft to spew out false "facts" for them
If Microsoft admits that slop is too expensive and is for "entertainment purposes" because it cannot be relied upon, why would anyone other than the pushers and profiteers still insist that slop bears potential?
