●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, July 28, 2025 ●● ● Jul 28 [12:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell ● Jul 28 [13:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [13:17] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jul 28 [15:09] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] >> Hi Liam, [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] >> [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] >> Thanks for the good articles. [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] >> [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] >> I wanted to ask, that latest Gates article... was it your idea of the [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] >> assignment/idea of the new management? [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > I wondered what you meant when I saw this, but I don't tend to handle [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > work email over the weekend, so I left it until now. [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] Fair enough, thanks for the belated response. [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] If you can give me a non-work E-mail address, than I can use that instead. [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > Now, thinking about it -- I guess that you mean the Altair BASIC piece? [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > Actually, it was from a freelance colleague who noted the date. I have [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > more retro knowledge than just about anyone else on the team these [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > days, so I did it instead. [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] Yes, you are good at it. I follow your personal blog and even cited/quoted it in a lawsuit I filed this month in the UK High Court. Info here: [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Why_I_am_Suing_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Alex_Balabha.shtml [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > Said colleague is Gareth Halfacree, with whom I worked on Custom PC [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > magazine back in 2003 when it launched. [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > He's not management or an editor, just a freelance contributor who [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > occasionally works for the Reg for a week or so when we are short [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > handed. [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > It didn't take much research, just checking a few dates. I'm a slow [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > writer, but I knocked it out in a couple of hours. [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] Your output is good, I don't write to you in bad faith. I can assure you that. The previous editor in chief and I discussed your good work months ago. [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] >> If I don't hear back, I'll just say "no comment". [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > You are imputing -- well, I'm not sure what, but something negative [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > enough to need a "no comment" when it was just a 50th anniversary of a [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > not-very-important date _at the time_. Went on to be significant, [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > though. [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] Lately the publication hired Microsoft voices, and that includes two editor. That worries me not because of the background but due to recent output. [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > Nothing to do with the new editor-in-chief, who I met last week and [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > had a few beers with. He's quite new and talking to him my impression [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > is that he doesn't want to rock the boat so he is very much hands-on [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > but not pushing or pulling the tiller, so to speak. [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] > Why? [15:41] schestowitz[TR3] I analysed the finances of The Register last week (its parent company) and I worry it'll drift towards another goal, maybe new ownership structure. There is more information in http://techrights.org - i think the new EIC already reads it. [15:41] *TechBN has quit (connection closed) [15:41] *TechBN (~b0t@iijacan2vrgta.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:41] -TechBN/#boycottnovell-Failed to load module HelloWorld. Reason: Not found! [15:41] -TechBN/#boycottnovell-Module HelloWorld has been removed until restarted! [15:42] *TechBN has quit (connection closed) [15:42] *TechBN (~b0t@iijacan2vrgta.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:42] -TechBN/#boycottnovell-Failed to load module HelloWorld. Reason: Not found! [15:42] -TechBN/#boycottnovell-Module HelloWorld has been removed until restarted! ● Jul 28 [19:51] *FANTOM has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [19:51] *FANTOM has quit (Connection closed) ● Jul 28 [20:38] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) [20:40] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [20:59] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)