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| schestowitz | LOL http://twitter.com/dmacvicar/statuses/124957831546929152 | Oct 15 00:33 |
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| TechrightsSocial | @dmacvicar: Who the hell is Christine Hall and why the F*** her FUD matters? What are her contributions? @schestowitz 2.0? | Oct 15 00:33 |
| schestowitz | SUSE staff gets angry | Oct 15 00:33 |
| schestowitz | and curses | Oct 15 00:33 |
| schestowitz | Does AttachMSFT approve? | Oct 15 00:33 |
| qu1j0t3 | 'This is indeed the most depressing time in my 15 years with the company. The new review system is the clearest sign so far that Microsoft is now a company run by number crunchers rather than a company run for the benefit of its customers, shareholders and employees. On the contrary, Microsoft now seems to exist solely for the empowerment of its board and the SLT. | Oct 15 00:43 |
| qu1j0t3 | 'The new review system ruthlessly elminates about 20% of the company each year (eventually), and completely dehumanizes its employees into a frenzied competition to see who can "outrun the bear". With our livelihoods at stake, such an environment will only bring out the worst in every one of us. If you're not willing to do whatever it takes, playing games to subtly or not-so-subtly | Oct 15 00:44 |
| qu1j0t3 | undermine your coworkers at every opportunity, the "bear" will soon be nipping at your heels. | Oct 15 00:44 |
| qu1j0t3 | 'Instead of focusing on creating great products that amaze our customers, we're now really focused on strategies to outwit, outplay and outlast everyone else in our level bands. It's no wonder that you often look around at product teams and wonder, why do they need X number of devs to produce that? | Oct 15 00:44 |
| qu1j0t3 | 'Here's a quote from a veteran ex-softie (and this was about Microsoft circa 2002): | Oct 15 00:45 |
| qu1j0t3 | "And I found that increasingly difficult to do within Microsoft, and I didn't appreciate that such a large percentage of my time was spent fighting political battles within the company as compared to developing great products." | Oct 15 00:45 |
| qu1j0t3 | http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/02/ex-microsoft_developer_mike_koss_on_why_hes_now_a_google_fanboy.html | Oct 15 00:45 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Ex-Microsoft developer Koss on why he's now a 'Google fanboy' .::. Size~: 68.2 KB | Oct 15 00:45 |
| qu1j0t3 | 'Unlike desktop Windows, the brand new Metro OS has no "lock in", no legacy apps that only run on it. It will have to compete on merit, and judging from Microsoft's past success in competing on merit, the odds are not in our favor. | Oct 15 00:46 |
| schestowitz | same for WP7 | Oct 15 01:54 |
| schestowitz | And see how *that* went | Oct 15 01:54 |
| schestowitz | Now they try bribing blackberry devs with phones | Oct 15 01:54 |
| schestowitz | Which I find pathetic | Oct 15 01:54 |
| schestowitz | But.. | Oct 15 01:54 |
| schestowitz | BH | Oct 15 01:55 |
| schestowitz | Even thouigh I still write about MS.. | Oct 15 01:55 |
| qu1j0t3 | the next paragraph was about WP7 :) | Oct 15 01:55 |
| schestowitz | They don't scare it because their future is misty | Oct 15 01:55 |
| schestowitz | I'd be worried if they actually started gaining in pgones and search | Oct 15 01:55 |
| qu1j0t3 | it said almost exactly what you just said | Oct 15 01:55 |
| schestowitz | But even by subsuming Yahoo they haven;t | Oct 15 01:55 |
| qu1j0t3 | schestowitz: you don't have to worry | Oct 15 01:55 |
| schestowitz | Now they try ti tax Linux and use lobbying to attacj Google | Oct 15 01:55 |
| schestowitz | I supposre youy read mya rticle sbout MS Florian | Oct 15 01:55 |
| qu1j0t3 | schestowitz: they are structurally unable to survive | Oct 15 01:56 |
| schestowitz | Turns out that, as I said all along, Microsoft funds him | Oct 15 01:56 |
| qu1j0t3 | i never doubted it | Oct 15 01:56 |
| schestowitz | but.. | Oct 15 01:56 |
| schestowitz | We needed the smoking gun | Oct 15 01:56 |
| qu1j0t3 | i remember you trying to get him to admit who his "clients" were | Oct 15 01:56 |
| schestowitz | Now we have it | Oct 15 01:56 |
| schestowitz | o show journos twho quote his anti-Android FUD | Oct 15 01:56 |
| schestowitz | in Android articles | Oct 15 01:56 |
| schestowitz | Now they can be shown the conflict of interets | Oct 15 01:56 |
| qu1j0t3 | schestowitz: the next paragraph is: | Oct 15 01:57 |
| qu1j0t3 | 'The brand new Metro OS is really Windows Phone 7 part deux. And we all know how well that's going. | Oct 15 01:57 |
| schestowitz | yeah, which is why.. | Oct 15 01:58 |
| schestowitz | As you can tell fromTR and USENET/Twitter (if you read those), I shifted more attention to Apple's threat | Oct 15 01:58 |
| schestowitz | Apple is becoming a srious issue | Oct 15 01:58 |
| schestowitz | on the OS front | Oct 15 01:58 |
| schestowitz | esktop OS | Oct 15 01:58 |
| schestowitz | on the server OS Linux+apache+haddop etc. already reign | Oct 15 01:58 |
| schestowitz | on phones there is a patent battle now | Oct 15 01:59 |
| schestowitz | MS+Apple+their trolls | Oct 15 01:59 |
| schestowitz | techrights turned 5 in 3 weeks from now | Oct 15 01:59 |
| schestowitz | IU can run it for a while to come | Oct 15 01:59 |
| schestowitz | we covered the right subjects all along | Oct 15 01:59 |
| schestowitz | starting with the MS+Novell patent deal | Oct 15 01:59 |
| schestowitz | We help diminish Novell | Oct 15 01:59 |
| schestowitz | by turning public opinion the way it ought to be | Oct 15 02:00 |
| schestowitz | Now we also warn about Apple | Oct 15 02:00 |
| schestowitz | Exposing Microsoft lobbyists in the area, e.g. Gartnenberg, Muller... | Oct 15 02:00 |
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| schestowitz | Just getting ready to go to the gym by 6... spent too much time on the computer over the past day even though I went out last night. I wonder, will it be as sunny as predicted tomorrow? Maybe a bike ride would be possible :-) | Oct 15 15:42 |
| schestowitz | We're recording another ep today... | Oct 15 15:42 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/621627 | Oct 15 20:46 |
| TechrightsSocial | @: | Oct 15 20:46 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/621215 | Oct 15 20:46 |
| TechrightsSocial | @: | Oct 15 20:46 |
| MinceR | :) | Oct 15 21:02 |
| schestowitz | Ubuntu has a new release | Oct 15 21:16 |
| schestowitz | http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/10/hands-on-new-ubuntu-one-cloud-storage-client-for-windows.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss | Oct 15 21:16 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Hands-on: new Ubuntu One cloud storage client for Windows .::. Size~: 35.01 KB | Oct 15 21:16 |
| schestowitz | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/13/ubuntu_one_available_windows/ | Oct 15 21:20 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Ubuntu One client now available for Windows • The Register .::. Size~: 26.54 KB | Oct 15 21:20 |
| schestowitz | think twice before saying "ubuntu linux" | Oct 15 21:20 |
| schestowitz | It's just Ubuntu now | Oct 15 21:21 |
| schestowitz | Ubuntu One | Oct 15 21:21 |
| schestowitz | Ubuntu cloud | Oct 15 21:21 |
| MinceR | Ubuntu MacOS Gratis | Oct 15 21:21 |
| schestowitz | the headline is mostly lowercase | Oct 15 21:22 |
| schestowitz | oops | Oct 15 21:22 |
| MinceR | :) | Oct 15 21:22 |
| schestowitz | Today the plan was to spend some at the gym, then record an episode with Tim... | Oct 15 22:15 |
| schestowitz | But he has gone somewhat.. | Oct 15 22:15 |
| schestowitz | Unepected | Oct 15 22:15 |
| schestowitz | Much of the time is being spent writing and accumulating material for writing about by reading... but that's the boring stuff | Oct 15 22:16 |
| qu1j0t3 | 'The members of the Class of 2011 live with an average burden of $22,900. Their median debt load is $18,000. That's 8% more than 2010 and 47% more than a decade ago, as the Wall Street Journal reports. | Oct 15 23:15 |
| qu1j0t3 | Insane. | Oct 15 23:15 |
| qu1j0t3 | http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/10/signs-of-dissent-help-us-read-occupy-wall-street/246521/ | Oct 15 23:15 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Signs of Dissent: Help Us Read Occupy Wall Street - Derek Thompson - Business - The Atlantic .::. Size~: 107.77 KB | Oct 15 23:15 |
| qu1j0t3 | 'What happens to a generation living with this kind of hangover? We're only now beginning to find out. Multi-generational homes are up, marriages are down, and dissatisfaction is on the rise. In a textual analysis of the OWS Tumblr "We Are the 99 Percent," Mike Konzal found that student loan debt was the movement's greatest concern. You can understand why. | Oct 15 23:16 |
| schestowitz | qu1j0t3: I thought debt was greater. Is it personal debt alone? | Oct 15 23:21 |
| schestowitz | What about national debt? | Oct 15 23:21 |
| schestowitz | The Toeries here are worried that people can't even pay back their credit card debt | Oct 15 23:21 |
| schestowitz | [23:16] <qu1j0t3> 'What happens to a generation living with this kind of hangover? We're only now beginning to find out. Multi-generational homes are up, marriages are down, | Oct 15 23:22 |
| schestowitz | What about biths? | Oct 15 23:22 |
| schestowitz | *births | Oct 15 23:22 |
| MinceR | bitches? | Oct 15 23:22 |
| schestowitz | births | Oct 15 23:22 |
| schestowitz | by the way, coupiling might be up | Oct 15 23:22 |
| schestowitz | like multi-generational accomodation | Oct 15 23:22 |
| schestowitz | Yesterday at the pub I met some people who spoke of hostels | Oct 15 23:22 |
| schestowitz | > Mike Konzal found that student loan debt was the movement's greatest concern. You can understand why.\ | Oct 15 23:23 |
| schestowitz | That's another issue that came up | Oct 15 23:23 |
| schestowitz | Tuuition fees her go up throught he roof | Oct 15 23:23 |
| schestowitz | And it was a bunch of us post-docs basically asserting that teaching staff will get overworked for the same wage | Oct 15 23:24 |
| schestowitz | working outside normal hours, e.g. supervising | Oct 15 23:24 |
| schestowitz | It'll suck for everyone, not just students | Oct 15 23:24 |
| qu1j0t3 | student loans are an outrageous concept. | Oct 15 23:30 |
| qu1j0t3 | it's part of an agenda that has created a slave class. | Oct 15 23:31 |
| qu1j0t3 | intentionally | Oct 15 23:31 |
| schestowitz | http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/14/technology/google_buzz_shut_down/?source=cnn_bin | Oct 15 23:32 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Google kills off Buzz, its ill-fated social network - Oct. 14, 2011 .::. Size~: 40.56 KB | Oct 15 23:32 |
| schestowitz | qu1j0t3: why at this age? | Oct 15 23:32 |
| schestowitz | So that they get married and then get a mortgage? It makes no sense. | Oct 15 23:32 |
| schestowitz | Are you suggesting free higher education like in some places in Europe? | Oct 15 23:33 |
| schestowitz | http://www.geekwire.com/2011/open-source-developer-drops-news-hackathon-confronted-11page-contract | Oct 15 23:35 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Open source developer objects to news hackathon’s 11-page contract - GeekWire .::. Size~: 85.65 KB | Oct 15 23:35 |
| schestowitz | He no longer helps expose Microsoft's tax evasion? | Oct 15 23:35 |
| qu1j0t3 | schestowitz: think about it | Oct 15 23:42 |
| qu1j0t3 | schestowitz: they have no options. it gets them either way: either they cannot afford education -- instant low wage slavery -- or they are enslaved by debt. plutocrats checkmate. | Oct 15 23:43 |
| qu1j0t3 | schestowitz: and it's all avoidable, but ensured by the overall agenda | Oct 15 23:43 |
| qu1j0t3 | schestowitz: "education reform" plays into it as well | Oct 15 23:43 |
| schestowitz | qu1j0t3: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/12/progressive-major-league-baseball-glenn-beck_n_1008136.html?ir=Politics | Oct 15 23:46 |
| TechrightsSocial | Title: Progressive Group Pressures Major League Baseball To Drop Glenn Beck .::. Size~: 375.22 KB | Oct 15 23:46 |
| schestowitz | amplifying? | Oct 15 23:46 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/626361 | Oct 15 23:53 |
| TechrightsSocial | @: | Oct 15 23:53 |
| schestowitz | http://twitter.com/rcweir/statuses/124898936996638720 | Oct 15 23:57 |
| TechrightsSocial | @rcweir: @webmink I don't see the LibreOffice Online code in git. Can you point me to it? | Oct 15 23:57 |
| schestowitz | IBM wants OOo to itself | Oct 15 23:57 |
| schestowitz | Sod does Microsoft/Novell | Oct 15 23:58 |
| schestowitz | http://twitter.com/rcweir/statuses/124907047350317056 | Oct 15 23:58 |
| TechrightsSocial | @rcweir: @BartHanssens Oracle Cloud Office did not come to Apache. No idea what happened to it. | Oct 15 23:58 |
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