The recent threats made by Microsoft towards the open source software (OSS) community appear to have done little to worry South African OSS companies.
Shall a legal threat (or a toothless tiger) ever get some real teeth, people can easily relocate. Microsoft could soon be driving developers and companies out of America, essentially destroying its own economy and leading to recession. Putting two and two together, might Microsoft already have regrets?
Very ill-prepared for the deteriorating situation caused by their clients' past behaviour towards many people, including high-profile figures who offered to testify
Last week IBM laid off almost 1,000 people in Confluent and the media didn't write anything about it, so don't expect anyone in what's left of the media to comment on Fedora's demise and silent layoffs at Red Hat
In an age when ~1,000 simultaneous layoffs aren't enough to receive any media coverage, what can we expect remaining publishers to tell us about Microsoft layoffs in 2026?
Is the "era of AI" an era when none of the media will mention over 800 layoffs? [...] There's a lesson here about the state of the contemporary media, not just IBM and bluewashing
