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Techrights in the Next Ten Years

Hulme Hall 2000
2000 when I started university



Summary: An outlook for Techrights and topics it will focus on, seeing that the nature of threats is evolving

10 years is a very long time, but we believe we've secured the next decade or even more (maybe 2 decades) for our writings, activism, campaigning etc. It's not about money but about persistence and focus. We're on steadier ground (more than ever before) and we have the capacity to expand to more protocols, shall the World Web Wide gradually go the way of the dodo (that's already happening to social control media, which this site always rejected).



"As for Free software (and GNU/Linux) advocacy, we do that in Daily Links and we produce material when time permits."Our top/utmost priority is exposing corruption and giving a voice to whistleblowers. As far as we're aware, we still maintain a 100% source protection track record. As for Free software (and GNU/Linux) advocacy, we do that in Daily Links and we produce material when time permits. It's not the highest priority, but it is still very important. Consensus that GNU/Linux is technically ahead (and very widely used) was reached about a decade ago. Most GNU/Linux users I know very well understand that the Linux Foundation does not speak for them. The Foundation is just a corporate, corrupting force of occupation against us. Resist this.

More than a decade ago we asked readers what issues to focus on. Patents were a common theme and there was consensus that we needed to tackle software patents (that was years before 35 U.S.C. ۤ 101/Alice). Nowadays we barely write about the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It's not that it's not problematic, it's just not the top priority at this time.

Last year we finally put our code out there, in public, via Git over Gemini. This year we're finally, belatedly in fact, moving away from systemd and various other things that ought to be rejected.

"Our main 'value proposition' is that we can publish material no other Web site or news [sic] paper is willing to; we're uncompromising on freedom of expression and the public's right to know."Techrights is a very large site, but it not a 'mainstream' site (whatever that term even means). It's still read by many people -- over Gemini, over IPFS, in the form of a text bulletin, or even HTML (many read the HTML as RSS/XML). We've moved way ahead and aren't reliant on "old school" HTML over HTTP/S. We're also making extensive use of IRC and last summer we created our own IRC network. We recently began experimenting with MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) for real-time updates, both in Git and sites. More on that soon...

Since 2006 we withstood and survived all sorts of challenges. Seeing that the last Novell CEO is desperate to take us offline is a badge of honour. Of course he has no legal basis, none whatsoever.

Any whistleblower from any company (or organisation) should know we're all ears. We're devoted to protecting sources as we already have. Our main 'value proposition' is that we can publish material no other Web site or news [sic] paper is willing to; we're uncompromising on freedom of expression and the public's right to know.

Recent Techrights' Posts

SoylentNews Grows Up, Registers as a Business, Site Traffic Reportedly Grows
More people realise that social control media may in fact be a passing fad
 
Richard Stallman's Talks in Switzerland This Week
We need to put an end to 'cancer culture'; it's trying to kill people and it is even swatting people
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, March 28, 2024
IRC logs for Thursday, March 28, 2024
[Meme] EPO's New Ways of Working (NWoW), a.k.a. You Don't Even Get a Desk at Work and Cannot be Near Known Colleagues
Seems more like union-busting (divide and rule)
Hiding Microsoft's Culpability in Security Breaches and Other Major Blunders (in the United Kingdom, This May Mean You Can't Get Food)
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is vast
Giving back to the community
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 28/03/2024: Sega, Nintendo, and Bell Layoffs
Links for the day
Open letter to the ACM regarding Codes of Conduct impersonating the Code of Ethics
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
With 9 Mentions of Azure In Its Latest Blog Post, Canonical is Again Promoting Microsoft and Intel Vendor Lock-in, Surveillance, Back Doors, Considerable Power Waste, and Defects That Cannot be Fixed
Microsoft did not even have to buy Canonical (for Canonical to act like it happened)
Links 28/03/2024: GAFAM Replacing Full-Time Workers With Interns Now
Links for the day
Consent & Debian's illegitimate constitution
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
The Time Our Server Host Died in a Car Accident
If Debian has internal problems, then they need to be illuminated and then tackled, at the very least in order to ensure we do not end up with "Deadian"
China's New 'IT' Rules Are a Massive Headache for Microsoft
On the issue of China we're neutral except when it comes to human rights issues
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 27, 2024
IRC logs for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
WeMakeFedora.org: harassment decision, victory for volunteers and Fedora Foundations
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 27/03/2024: Terrorism Grows in Africa, Unemployment in Finland Rose Sharply in a Year, Chinese Aggression Escalates
Links for the day
Links 27/03/2024: Ericsson and Tencent Layoffs
Links for the day
Amid Online Reports of XBox Sales Collapsing, Mass Layoffs in More Teams, and Windows Making Things Worse (Admission of Losses, Rumours About XBox Canceled as a Hardware Unit)...
Windows has loads of issues, also as a gaming platform
Links 27/03/2024: BBC Resorts to CG Cruft, Akamai Blocking Blunders in Piracy Shield
Links for the day
Android Approaches 90% of the Operating Systems Market in Chad (Windows Down From 99.5% 15 Years Ago to Just 2.5% Right Now)
Windows is down to about 2% on the Web-connected client side as measured by statCounter
Sainsbury's: Let Them Eat Yoghurts (and Microsoft Downtimes When They Need Proper Food)
a social control media 'scandal' this week
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
IRC logs for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
Windows/Client at Microsoft Falling Sharply (Well Over 10% Decline Every Quarter), So For His Next Trick the Ponzi in Chief Merges Units, Spices Everything Up With "AI"
Hiding the steep decline of Windows/Client at Microsoft?
Free technology in housing and construction
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
We Need Open Standards With Free Software Implementations, Not "Interoperability" Alone
Sadly we're confronting misguided managers and a bunch of clowns trying to herd us all - sometimes without consent - into "clown computing"
Microsoft's Collapse in the Web Server Space Continued This Month
Microsoft is the "2%", just like Windows in some countries