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#boycottnovell @ FreeNode: June 3rd, 2008



dsmith_http://shop.lenovo.coms...Jun 02 23:51
dsmith_look under operating systemJun 02 23:51
dsmith_ThinkPad PC DOS LicenseJun 02 23:52
dsmith_i know for a fact that the video and wireless will work just by reading the specsJun 02 23:52
dsmith_schestowitz: I have no need for ie7 PERIODJun 02 23:54
schestowitzMe neither.Jun 02 23:55
schestowitzIt's a shame they don't just sell people hardware. They certify for Ubuntu, Fedora and SUSE, IIRC, at least at Lenovo.Jun 02 23:55
schestowitzThey pocket the savings (OS) though.Jun 02 23:56
schestowitz$11.25Jun 02 23:58
dsmith_i saw thatJun 03 00:00
[H]omerI seem to make a lot of people very nervous whenever I enter any forum and start talking about Mono, Tom "spot" Callaway @ RedHat stepped into the debate on the fedora-devel list and started talking about lawyersJun 03 00:00
schestowitzIt would be valuable to know how/why this is. How much is Novell paid for SLED? How much does Novell then pass to Microsoft? None of this is public info. I look at the SEC filings. It's too abstract.Jun 03 00:00
schestowitzBTW, someone mailed me about Mono half an hour ago. Verdict: Mono is worse than Silverlight (PJ says so).Jun 03 00:01
schestowitzMoonlight, I mean, not Silverfish.Jun 03 00:02
[H]omerI don't understand why they so relentlessly pursue Mono, like it's some kind of essential componentJun 03 00:02
schestowitzI ought to urge Groklaw to publish an article with layer's advice on Mono too.Jun 03 00:02
schestowitzlayer/lawyerJun 03 00:02
[H]omerI wouldn't mind seeing a copy of that verdictJun 03 00:02
schestowitzWait. I'll mail her.Jun 03 00:03
schestowitzOK done. "Citing your article on Moonlight, Fedora has just added it to its exclusions list. Would you mind doing a similar analysis of Mono?"Jun 03 00:04
dsmith_lenovo also offeres DOS work stationsJun 03 00:05
[H]omerThe Fedora hierarchy seem to have me "red flagged" as an immediate escalation case. I assume they blame me for killing Gobuntu, and it makes them nervousJun 03 00:05
schestowitzHow do they know about Gobuntu?Jun 03 00:05
[H]omerThey all knowJun 03 00:06
[H]omerMy name was clearly shown in the Gobuntu mailing list archivesJun 03 00:06
schestowitzThey would be foolish to ignore the iissue.Jun 03 00:06
schestowitzThey hired several attorneys recently.Jun 03 00:06
[H]omerWho ... Canonical?Jun 03 00:06
schestowitzThey know Microsoft is worried enough to terrorise.Jun 03 00:06
[H]omerOh Rad HatJun 03 00:07
schestowitzNo, Red Hat.Jun 03 00:07
schestowitzThey got some top guns.Jun 03 00:07
schestowitzIt's telling. They foresee something.Jun 03 00:07
[H]omerYeah, they do seem exceptionally nervous ATMJun 03 00:07
[H]omerI feel Patent Trolls rising from the hellmouthJun 03 00:08
schestowitzSam is attacking the Eee now. http://www.itwire.com/conte...Jun 03 00:09
schestowitzThe head/CTO of Xandros told me that Asus is separate from Microsoft.Jun 03 00:09
[H]omerBecause it betrayed Free Software by switching to XP?Jun 03 00:09
schestowitzCould he have lied? I never knew.Jun 03 00:09
schestowitzThe recession ain't helping us against the patent trolling. it makes aggression.Jun 03 00:10
schestowitzAsustek Predicts Eee PC Sales Will Double Next Year http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/...Jun 03 00:11
[H]omerOh I see, Sam is arguing that the Eee is a Trojan Horse, because it runs BallnuxJun 03 00:11
[H]omerYeah well, a lot of people wipe it and put on a better distroJun 03 00:12
schestowitzFTA: "Jun 03 00:12
schestowitzNo, this kind of patent deal works through the fear factor. Once there is a sufficient large number of people using the software that is susceptible to the FUD factor, the company which has IP in the mix begins a campaign through issuing warnings of one kind or the other."Jun 03 00:12
dsmith_LOL..  In other news the number of eggs thrown at Steve Balmer by angry Europeans will double.Jun 03 00:12
[H]omerlolJun 03 00:12
schestowitzSo...Jun 03 00:12
[H]omerI hope he likes omeletsJun 03 00:13
schestowitzPerhaps Microsoft lets Asus spread it freely, but will send Fester with the grease gun in later.Jun 03 00:13
[H]omerHmm, no army of MS Shills in Sam's comment section this time. How unusualJun 03 00:14
[H]omerI think they've started to back off due to new EU laws on astroturfingJun 03 00:14
schestowitz*LOL*Jun 03 00:15
[H]omerOr is it UK laws?Jun 03 00:15
schestowitzYes, Waugh attacks him a lot too. The ratings are gamed.Jun 03 00:15
[H]omerWhateverJun 03 00:15
schestowitzEU. The UK is addressing just legalised bribery.Jun 03 00:15
[H]omerWaugh attacks nearly everyone ... that's just what he doesJun 03 00:15
[H]omerHe has megalomania issuesJun 03 00:16
schestowitzWas it Keith who pointed that out? Someone from GNOME. Egomaniac/paranoid.Jun 03 00:17
schestowitzHe misrepresents the project and now it's like nobody in Groklaw would use or recommend GNOME. Especially because of him.Jun 03 00:17
schestowitzSame in FSDaily, but maybe for different reasons.Jun 03 00:18
[H]omerI don't usually follow the Gnome list, except that time you pointed out RMS posting thereJun 03 00:18
[H]omerI'm gonna spend 10 mins catching up in COLAJun 03 00:19
schestowitzMore Novell boosting from Asay ( http://news.cnet.com/8301-... ). People who don't understand Linux shouldn't write much about it.Jun 03 00:27
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schestowitzdsmith, watch this: http://www.egg-attack.com/Jun 03 00:34
dsmith_lolJun 03 00:39
dsmith_funny gameJun 03 00:39
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schestowitzDual one, too.Jun 03 00:41
schestowitzI don't think I'll spread the link though. It can be seen as immature. :-(Jun 03 00:42
schestowitzHi, jbhJun 03 00:42
jbhhiyaJun 03 00:42
jbhcooking dinner and reading up on the goings on for todayJun 03 00:43
jbhhow's the discussion going w/ fedora?Jun 03 00:43
schestowitzWe're hoping that GL will publish something about Mono.Jun 03 00:43
schestowitzPJ says Mono is worse than Moonlight.Jun 03 00:44
jbhah, okJun 03 00:44
jbhsounds juicy ;)Jun 03 00:44
schestowitzI'm finding a good deal of positive Linux stories today. Jun 03 00:45
schestowitzActually, like most companies that turn from underdogs to monopolies (like Linux in HPC and its good position in devices), it's bound to be attacked. And attacks is what it gets ATM.Jun 03 00:46
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schestowitzhi, moparxJun 03 02:43
schestowitzNote: PJ didn't realise just how far Mono had reached. She thought Fedora was 'clean'. Sam varghese claims that Eee PC is Mono-free, which is probably true.Jun 03 03:00
moparxheyJun 03 03:12
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balzacHey Roy, I really like your boycott novell websiteJun 03 05:09
balzacI see lots of links on fsdaily.com and I usually read each one from boycottnovell.comJun 03 05:09
balzackeep up the good workJun 03 05:11
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schestowitz[belated] thanks. Didn't see that. :-)Jun 03 05:19
dsmith_yea I read your site like everyday along with a few others..Jun 03 05:38
*tessier is glad to see more and more protests against the OOXML result at ISOJun 03 05:45
tessier[H]omer: I used to read COLA almost 15 years ago. I haven't read it at all in recent years because it is just pointless.Jun 03 05:46
tessierNobody's mind has ever been changed on COLA and nobody really discusses useful advocacy tactics on COLA>Jun 03 05:46
dsmith_MS should just adopt ODF and continue onJun 03 05:46
tessierIt's just trolls and partisans.Jun 03 05:46
dsmith_instead of wasting all this time and moneyJun 03 05:46
tessierdsmith_: Once again, preaching to the choir. :)Jun 03 05:47
dsmith_ayeJun 03 05:47
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schestowitzHi, baijumJun 03 05:51
baijumHi schestowitzJun 03 05:51
schestowitzTracy: yes, it's a tad messy. Maybe it'll improve, but the Munchkins attack more when there's more pressure on Microsoft.Jun 03 05:52
schestowitzdsmith, Microsoft is in trouble (to a degree), so it'll try /anything/ for MOOXJun 03 05:52
schestowitzWithout Office, do you know what's left for Microsoft. Just some experimental new software and losing divisions.Jun 03 05:53
schestowitzThe vast majority of Microsoft profits comes from just two divisions (source: Microsoft Watch).Jun 03 05:53
schestowitzODF makes office suites almost a commodity. Like CMS software...Jun 03 05:54
tessierI am encouraged by the fact that only Windows and Office (which depends on Windows) make money for MSJun 03 05:55
tessierAnd Windows and Office (especially Office) are what are most under attack by FOSSJun 03 05:55
schestowitzYes, Microsoft is trying the patent routine against office suites too (May 2007). Because, you know, Microsoft invested work processors and spreadsheets..... *rolls eyes*Jun 03 05:59
schestowitzword processors, I meant to type.Jun 03 06:00
tessierschestowitz: You think any of those Munchkins are somehow affiliated with MS? Would they really bother to participate in such base trolling?Jun 03 06:05
tessierI wish more of usenet were moderated.Jun 03 06:08
tessierWeb forums really suck for chatting.Jun 03 06:08
schestowitzYes, they are slow, scattered and cumbersome.Jun 03 06:18
schestowitzThose Munchkins are at least indirectly affiliated. amicus/billwg, for example, got exposed (Bill Weisgerber). He's some sort of a marketing professor which, if I understand correctly, works with Microsoft in one way or another. Remember that payments are not made in the form of checks (classic bribery/AstroTurfing). These could be business partners that are rewarded differently. In the case of OOXML, Microsoft can offer consulting contractsJun 03 06:21
schestowitz to sympathetic posters that shelter OOXML.Jun 03 06:21
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schestowitzNews from Kenya: more signs of events around the apparent blackmail (Microsoft OOXML)Jun 03 06:38
hassanibraheemKenya wasn't in the news lately, right?Jun 03 06:39
schestowitzNo, not quiteJun 03 06:42
schestowitzI'l blog this quickly. http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/0...Jun 03 06:42
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schestowitzI'm working on a set of posts: one on the XAML intrusion, one on new OOXML complaints, and one on Novell informecials.Jun 03 16:02
hassanibraheemschestowitz: nice :)Jun 03 16:03
hassanibraheembtw, I'm wondering... has anyone tried Adobe's online office with Gnash/swfdec ?Jun 03 16:03
hassanibraheembecause, guess what, Miguel is embracing itJun 03 16:07
hassanibraheemon his blogJun 03 16:07
hassanibraheemno surprise, his blog isn't about Free Software after allJun 03 16:07
schestowitzReally?Jun 03 16:25
hassanibraheemyupJun 03 16:25
schestowitzI saw him advocating some Adobe s/w earlier today.Jun 03 16:25
schestowitzI though it was one of the binary wares.Jun 03 16:26
schestowitzthoughtJun 03 16:26
schestowitzWhen you say Miguel embraces something, beware.Jun 03 16:26
schestowitzMiguel has virtually two bosses, like Steinman at Novell.Jun 03 16:27
hassanibraheemmmmmm, I meant he embraced adobe's buzzwordJun 03 16:27
hassanibraheemnot gnash or swfdecJun 03 16:27
hassanibraheem(as he would care!! )Jun 03 16:28
hassanibraheemhttp://tirania.org/blog/arch...Jun 03 16:28
schestowitzOh, yeah...Jun 03 16:37
schestowitzI didn't look at this for more than a moment at the time. His blog is just all #Jun 03 16:38
hassanibraheemschestowitz: check that http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zd...Jun 03 16:56
schestowitzI've taken a look. What's your assessment of it? I got Yahoo! fatigue! :-)Jun 03 16:59
hassanibraheemI'm quite confused about the situationJun 03 17:00
hassanibraheemwhy would shareholders insist on fighting if microsoft said it lost interest!!Jun 03 17:00
hassanibraheemunless.. MS didn't ;)Jun 03 17:01
schestowitzWhich shareholders specifically? I've watched this closely since 2007 (Microsoft wanted to buy Yahoo! for $40/share). Some shareholders are plants, puppets.Jun 03 17:06
hassanibraheemthe aggressive one, Icahn (guess that's his name)Jun 03 17:07
hassanibraheemhe bought massive shares in yahoo recently, and FCC approved it.Jun 03 17:08
hassanibraheemyup, Carl IcahnJun 03 17:10
hassanibraheemhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/j...Jun 03 17:10
schestowitzOh, he's not an investor.Jun 03 17:41
schestowitzHe is a bully for hire.Jun 03 17:41
hassanibraheem:DJun 03 17:42
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EruaranhulloJun 03 17:57
hassanibraheemEruaran: hiJun 03 18:00
Eruaranhi :DJun 03 18:00
EruaranYou guys have alot to answer for you knowJun 03 18:01
EruaranI have to read the latest on boycottnovell every day now :PJun 03 18:01
EruaranAnd then I go back and read it again... and then I have to follow all the links...Jun 03 18:02
hassanibraheemyes, but it has to be done ;)Jun 03 18:03
EruaranyesJun 03 18:03
Eruarangood work guys, kudos... it must take up quite a lot of time thoughJun 03 18:04
hassanibraheemit's amazing that roy keeps it up, he is doing a great job gathering this data in one place :)Jun 03 18:05
EruaranyesJun 03 18:05
EruaranI've thought of doing something like that... but I think I'd end up just leeching off roy :PJun 03 18:06
EruaranI'll start a blog that only has one entry, a link to boycottnovellJun 03 18:06
hassanibraheem:DJun 03 18:07
EruaranOut of my own personal interest I've been 'googling' for information on anything to do with the semantic desktop, and I noticed something that caught my attention a couple of weeks agoJun 03 18:09
EruaranBut it wasn't the article itself that was most interesting (although it was interesting). I couldn't help but notice the Microsoft advertising and propaganda on the same pageJun 03 18:10
hassanibraheemu mean on the website? or within the article itself?Jun 03 18:10
Eruaranon the websiteJun 03 18:11
hassanibraheembecause for website ads, I even think linux.com had windows server ads for a while :DJun 03 18:11
Eruarannext to the articleJun 03 18:11
EruaranI thought it was ironicJun 03 18:11
hassanibraheemit's indeedJun 03 18:11
hassanibraheem:DJun 03 18:11
hassanibraheemwhat I really saw ironic about ads are those ads that quotes some IT people "we dumped linux for.. "Jun 03 18:12
EruaranWhat was to me most telling is that in this article and elsewhere all the plans of the free software world regarding the semantic desktop, or social semantic desktop are laid bare, its all out in the open for everyone to see. All the highly articulate information is freely available and freely shared. Microsoft could help itself to this information but appears indifferent and far more focussed on this kind of blanketJun 03 18:12
Eruaranadvertising (on linux sites) and the usual spin on their own mostly lacklustre products.Jun 03 18:12
Eruaranyeh, I read the article on itwire I think it was, where those stories were exposed as bogusJun 03 18:14
hassanibraheemyes, I read an article too that eventually found out that the case study was about switching from windows 2003 to windows 2008 :DJun 03 18:15
Eruaranyes lolJun 03 18:15
schestowitzThanks for the kind words, <Eruaran>. I've only just gotten back to the IRC channel. I'm going to post many links shortly.Jun 03 18:16
schestowitzMicrosoft's shill (yes, paid) Yankee Group recently showed that Server 2008 has worse uptime than Server 2003. Strange but true. Server 2008 is a Vista sibling. same code.Jun 03 18:18
Eruaranyw schestowitz... many links eh... its gonna be a late night for me then :PJun 03 18:18
EruaranI'm tempted to install kde 4.1 beta 1Jun 03 18:23
Eruaranits sexyJun 03 18:23
hassanibraheemI'm making that switch soonJun 03 18:24
hassanibraheemfrom GNOME to KDEJun 03 18:24
Eruaran:OJun 03 18:24
hassanibraheemKDE4 has lots of potential (technically) but, it wasn't enough reason for meJun 03 18:25
hassanibraheemI decided to stick to GNOME because I know we won't see big changes as soon as KDE because of the schedulingJun 03 18:25
EruaranI was gonna wait for 4.1 to get tagged but they're encouraging me to install the beta in #kubuntu...Jun 03 18:25
hassanibraheembut, mono settled that decision :)Jun 03 18:25
Eruaranah yes monoJun 03 18:25
EruaranI saw the list of dependanciesJun 03 18:26
Eruaranin ubuntuJun 03 18:26
EruaranbblJun 03 18:31
schestowitzI'll be on 3.5 for quite some time.Jun 03 18:47
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schestowitzJust posted some links I've collected and I'm off for a while. I stay connected.Jun 03 18:48
hassanibraheemschestowitz: okJun 03 18:48
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Gemini Links 11/08/2026: Waking Up Earlier, Whining About LLMs as Destructive Plagiarism
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Links 11/08/2026: "The Enemy Is the Platform" and 'Vibe' 'Coding' Shown to be Little But Plagiarism
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IBM's Age Discrimination Leads Workers to Contemplate Suicide While the CEO Becomes Billionaire for Lying to the Press and Faking Performance (Fraudulent Accounting)
IBM avoids issuing WARM notices
If Your Software Project Welcomes Bots, Then All You'll Have Left at the End Is Bots (Same for Sites Which Permit LLM Slop; They End up as Slopfarms and No Human Wants to Contribute Anymore)
A "slippery slop."
Clownflare Affirms Disturbing Trend of Web Monoculture (Which Extents to Clownflare Itself)
Clownflare itself is another layer of the same problem
The Open Web Is Not Coming Back
the open Web going out of control
Tell Me Something I Don't Know
Those who have a stake in the secrecy would do anything to maintain secrecy
Gemini Links 10/08/2026: Recollections and Washing Machine That Only Last a Few Years
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Claims of Mass Layoffs at IBM (in Finance)
IBM tries hard to maintain an illusion of normality - to the point of viciously censoring critics and whistleblowers.
The Slop Bubble (Pyramid Scheme) is Becoming Bigger and Everyone Should be Terrified (Its Implosion Will Cause More Damage)
there's no plan for a turnaround
Microsoft and Apple Lose Ground to GNU/Linux in the United States
This contributes a lot to the international curve
Escaping Ads
When users do not want ads, then no ads should show up, period
For Second Year in a Row Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Loses Money (Over $3,000,000 Lost in 2 Years), Bradley M Kuhn Steps Down as Treasurer
lost almost $600,000 last year
Microsoft/GAFAM Operating at a Loss
Microsoft has financial problems
Nigel Farage crisis: Taylor Swift & Jeffrey Epstein both shunned cryptocurrency bosses
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
statCounter Now Sees GNU/Linux "Market Share Worldwide" at 9.21%, Soon 10%
If this data is more or less accurate, it's time for panic at Microsoft
Rumours of Impending Mass Layoffs in IBM's Yorktown Office, Impacting the LLM (Slop) Staff
Bubbles never last forever, hence their name
Links 10/08/2026: "Long COVID Linked to Lasting Damage in The Brain's Dopamine System", Microsoft’s Weather App Uses Over 1,000 Megabytes of RAM
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Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Does Not Support Women, It Imitates Authentic Organisations, Embraces Misogynists, Then Projects
They try to monetise for personal gain at the expense of unpaid volunteers
When You're Evil and You're Publicly Attacking Something, That Something Will Become More Popular
when an oppressor becomes openly oppressive and does anything to squash/censor critics, the outcome will typically be detrimental to the oppressor
Links 10/08/2026: "Against Oligarch" and "The Invisible Women"
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Social Control Media Deathwatch: After Nearly a Million Posts Sent EchoFeed Shuts Down
EchoFeed is hardly unique
When the LLM Chatbots Industry (Trillions in the Red) Quits Paying the Media for FOMO
fear of missing out, or FOMO for short
Microsoft Killing Morale
branding the process “inhumane” and “demoralizing”
Google's "AI Overview" as Proprietary Censorship Engine and Gatekeeper
People do not choose to use this, Google is just shoving that in people's faces, encouraging laziness and misinformation
SLAPP Censorship - Part 145 Out of 200: They Tried Hard to Hide the Fact Their Client Had Been Sued, Twice Even
A month ago Brett Wilson LLP tried to take my wife "to the side" (in effect isolated) to make her an offer
statCounter: GNU/Linux Up to 8.95% Globally
So the estimates are being "corrected" upwards, not downwards
Explaining How Someone Attempted to Cancel RMS This Year (and Failed)
The process itself involved debunking some falsehoods
Microsoft's "XBOX Ranks Last", IBM is Headed for Extinction
If Microsoft cannot dominate its own "home turf", what prospects are there elsewhere?
DebConf6 fight denied by Google artificial intelligence
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Over at Tux Machines...
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IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 09, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, August 09, 2026
Gemini Links 10/08/2026: A Mild Monday, Sleepy Saturday, OUYA, and Moving to GNU/Linux
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