11.07.10
Gemini version available ♊︎Today We Turn Four
ᶃ Gemini Space
Below is a Web proxy. We recommend getting a Gemini client/browser. 
This post is also available in Gemini over at this address (requires a Gemini client/browser to open).
✐ Cross-references
Pages that cross-reference this one, if any exist, are listed below or will be listed below over time.
- Techrights Celebrates 12,000 Posts
- Hovsepian’s Mission Accomplished – Novell Decommissioned, Microsoft Gets the Patents and Maybe UNIX
- Does Microsoft Really Have List of Patents GNU/Linux Supposedly Infringes?
- Novell’s Hallmark of a Company That’s Already Dead
- Novell’s Chief Marketing Officer John Dragoon Does Not Understand Novell Critics, Rewrites the Past Instead
▢ Respond and Discuss
If you liked this post, consider subscribing to the RSS feed or join us now at the IRC channels.
8 Comments
What Else is New
IRC Proceedings: Friday, June 09, 2023
IRC logs for Friday, June 09, 2023
Links 10/06/2023: libei 1.0.0 and Qt Creator 11 Beta
Links for the day
Jim Zemlin Boasting in 2022: Linux Foundation Has Revenue of Over 200 Million Dollars; IRS in 2022: Linux Foundation Has Revenue of 139 Million Dollars
As noted here months ago, the Linux Foundation is run by a lying, manipulative charlatan who merely milks the brand “Linux” to enrich himself; where is that anomaly coming from?
'Linux' Foundation: Spendings on Salaries Increased More Than 20% in One Year
As per the document just published after it had been submitted 7 months ago, salary-related expenditures rose from 49,386,990 to 59,791,694 in one year
Links 09/06/2023: JDBC FDW 0.3.1 and Godot 4.1 Beta
Links for the day
Gemini Links 09/06/2023: Thoughts on Flatpak and Apple Cultists
Links for the day
Trying to 'Finish the Job' of Bully de Blanc and Deb Nicholson by Rewriting History (and Even Terms) for Microsoft
Heather J. Meeker is trying to rewrite history and now we can see who her financial masters and hosts are (lots of Microsoft); The media portrayed her as some kind of historian for Free software a few months ago (as funding had been secured), but she already outsources everything to proprietary software controlled by Microsoft. This will be corporate revisionism; moreover, there’s employment history with Microsoft. As an associate put it: “The employment history with Microsoft is a dead give away that she will only spew lies and disinformation” (using books and such; the revisionism is well funded); the latest blog from the OSI is also sponsored by Microsoft (both the blog post and the person who wrote it)
Links 09/06/2023: Tor Browser 12.0.7 and Many Linux Devices
Links for the day
Linux Foundation Demotes Mr. Linux, Linus Torvalds, to Third (in Salaries), Only Uses Him for the Name
The Linux [sic] Foundation‘s tax filings (divulged by the Nonprofit Explorer) show that it now pays “CHRIS ANISZCZYK” and “JAMES ZEMLIN” more than it pays “LINUS TORVALDS”, sans bonuses. Torvalds fell to third place already. Mr. Zemlin pays himself over $1.2 million a year. He doesn’t even use Linux. He lacks credentials and accomplishments (except for selling out to companies like Microsoft), but he keeps pandering to power and money (Bill Gates). It should be noted that the Torvalds bonus was added only after backlash had erupted.
HMRC is Just Taking Taxpayers' Money and Not Enforcing the Law (or Selectively Enforcing It for the Political Masters)
What we've been demonstrating or highlighting so far this year is a defunct system of accountability, wherein the government officials and their associates are essentially above the law; can they endure the negative press that entails?
GNU/Linux Decade in India: From 1.5% to 13.5%
The world's largest population is quick to move away from Windows; not many adopt Apple (Indians don't care for overpriced junk), so GNU/Linux is growing fast
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, June 08, 2023
IRC logs for Thursday, June 08, 2023
Links 09/06/2023: Microsoft's 'Online' ("Clown"/OneDrive) Storage Goes Down Again, Files Cannot be Reached
Links for the day
What Will Happen After All Major News Sites Die Isn't Pretty
With webspam, chaff, sponsored puff pieces and worse things being presented as "the news" we're running out of actual purpose for the World Wide Web
HMRC 3 Weeks Later: No Action, Same as 'Action Fraud' (Your Tax Money 'at Work')
When people need police enforcement against a crime it turns out that police is “MIA” (missing in action); it might matter that Sirius worked with the British government, so there’s a reduced incentive to affirm crimes were committed and then arrest the perpetrators
Links 08/06/2023: Istio 1.18 and FreeIPMI 1.6.11
Links for the day
Gemini Links 08/06/2023: Sourcehut, Gemini Identity, and BBS Comments on Cosmos
Links for the day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, June 07, 2023
IRC logs for Wednesday, June 07, 2023
The Need to Evolve on the Internet
Tux Machines is one year away from its twentieth birthday and its increased focus on protocols aside from HTTP/S is paying off; Tux Machines also weaned itself off all social control media, including Mastodon and Diaspora (they're not the future, they're the past)
EPO Management is Still Bullying the Staff (While Breaking the Law and Violating the European Patent Convention)
Overloaded or overworked EPO workers are complaining about further deterioration at the workplace and their representatives say "this management style may well contribute to feelings of disengagement, depression, or even burn-out"
His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Not Responding After 20 Days (Well-Founded Report of Tax Fraud) and British Police Pretending Not to Exist
The crimes of Sirius ‘Open Source’ have helped unearth a profound problem in the British law enforcement authorities; What good is a monopolistic taxman (called after the British Monarchy even in 2023) that cannot assess its own tax abuses? Or abuses connected to it via a contractor? Meanwhile, as per what I was told, the police is not responding to my MP and that’s ANOTHER scandal (police not only refusing to act against crimes, committed against many people, but moreover not responding to elected politicians)
Links 08/06/2023: Cinnamon 5.8 and Leap 15.5 Release Mature
Links for the day
Gemini Links 08/06/2023: Emacs and Thoughts on Bubble
Links for the day
Links 07/06/2023: Reddit Layoffs and OpenGL 3.1 in Asahi Linux
Links for the day
Gemini Links 07/06/2023: Jukka Charting Geminispace
Links for the day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, June 06, 2023
IRC logs for Tuesday, June 06, 2023
NOW LIVE: Working for the Public — Universities, Software and Freedom - a Talk by Richard Stallman at Università di Pisa (Italy)
As noted a few hours ago, Richard Stallman is delivering a talk at Università di Pisa this morning
Richard Stallman's Talk is in Two Hours and There's a BigBlueButton Livestream
Dr. Stallman is in Italy to give talks at universities this week; he will soon give a live talk, accessible in his site or directly at the source
Links 06/06/2023: Angie 1.2.0, New EasyOS and EndeavourOS Released
Links for the day
Gemini Links 06/06/2023: OpenKuBSD, GrapheneOS, and More
Links for the day
Content is available under CC-BY-SA
twitter said,
November 7, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Thank you for all of the great news summaries, investigations and steadfast advocacy of software freedom. The news links are almost always informative and uplifting. There’s no other site that covers as broadly and thoroughly as Techrights does. The investigations pull things together well and is always well documented with good evidence. The bright and shining reality of free software and the depravity of those who oppose it, are powerful advocacy of software freedom.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 1:27 am
I am glad you find that handy. That’s why I carry on publishing the news summaries.
wallclimber said,
November 8, 2010 at 1:03 am
Wow! Four years? Congratulations! I know it’s been a lot of hard work, but you’ve done a great job! (and I agree with the first comment, the news link pages are excellent!)
Dr. Roy Schestowitz Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 2:14 am
Thanks a lot. By the way, please check your mail.
The Mad Hatter said,
November 8, 2010 at 1:43 am
It’s been that long? Wow. Congratulations.
And thanks for all the hard work.
Wayne
Dr. Roy Schestowitz Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 2:15 am
Technically, I was advocating GNU/Linux well before this project. It has been fun work, not hard work.
The Mad Hatter Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 9:02 am
Fun and work can be the same. Too many people don’t realize that, and make themselves miserable.
Glad you’re having fun while doing the work though, makes it a lot easier to get started on the next column, doesn’t it? I just love taking a position that’s miles outside what everyone is thinking, and arguing it, preferably with a nice inflammatory headline. There’s nothing like the smell of napalm in the morning. Ahh.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 10:01 am
Well, but in this case it’s not work for income.