The Microsoft Guide to the Open Source Galaxy

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2019-05-13 04:07:18 UTC
Modified: 2019-05-13 04:09:59 UTC

Microsoft B0rg

Thou shalt not host a FOSS project outside GitHub (otherwise it won't 'count')
Thou shalt not edit code without Visual Studio (which now has an "open" -- albeit spying and malicious -- component for openwashing purposes)
Thou shalt not code without .NET (or Mono)
Thou shalt not use a voting machine without Windows (we have just announced some openwashing component to make up for the NSA back doors that compromise elections worldwide)
Thou shalt not boot GNU/Linux as a standalone operating system (UEFI might not permit this anyway, unless we sign for approval)
Thou shalt not get get a GNU/Linux distribution outside our Store
Thou shalt not buy a computer without Windows preinstalled; those are "naked PCs" and everyone who buys such PCs is a "pirate"
Thou shalt not disparage or even publicly criticise our staff (that would be in violation of GitHub rules, a Code of Conduct, T&C and so on)
Thou shalt not report back doors in our software or leak NSA tools that take advantage of these (there's a prison sentence for doing so)
Thou shalt not write in mass media things that refute our narrative (proving that we are chronic liars); we would bribe the publication using advertising money and have you sacked
Thou shalt not use open formats such as OpenDocument except inside Microsoft Office, which is incompatible with all other software (by design)
Thou shalt not distribute Linux without paying Microsoft for patents; we're still suing companies (in 2019) for having the audacity to do so
Thou shalt not host a site or a service outside Azure; we'd sic patent trolls at you
Thou shalt not oppose Microsoft's lock-in and proprietary software shims inside Linux; we'd send our media partners (Condé Nast) to oust you, at least for a month if not permanently
Thou shalt not report our crimes to the authorities; doing so would make you a "toxic", "intolerant" person
Thou shalt not use the GPL unless all other options have been exhausted
Thou shalt not adopt a Web browser other than MSIE or our rebranded Chrome, also known as Edge; we'd occasionally tinker with your computer's settings to remind you to quit using other browsers or refuse the download of such "malware"

Claim That Finance and HR at IBM Already Work on the Next Wave of IBM Layoffs, Media Silence Persists: The media is still telling misleading nonsense about IBM layoffs (like some fantasy about 'rehiring' thousands for "AI")
Claims of More IBM Layoffs a Week Before 'Christmas Week': Of course, as usual, nobody in the media says anything
When Malformed RSS or Atom Feeds Clog Up (or Even Crash) Programs: RSS readers are an excellent way to keep on top of news online
Publication Plans for the Coming Weeks: We've begun this week with many articles and plan to carry on until tomorrow
EPO People Power - Part XIV - EPO Management Living in Fantasy Land: wrongly assumes that any crime committed by the EPO will always be brushed aside
Secret Code is Undesirable: If someone wants you to use proprietary software, say no. Secret code is even worse.
Google News Still Has an LLM Slop Problem (With Slop Images Too), But Google Itself is a Pusher of Slop: If Google keeps shilling and selling slop as "AI", and moreover if people keep hating slop (there's growing awareness of this problem), then at the end Google will suffer greatly
Gemini Links 16/12/2025: Bingo Card and i586 in 2025: Links for the day
Links 16/12/2025: Security and Conflict (No Territorial Concessions in Ukraine): Links for the day
With Half of December Over, FSF Two-Thirds of the Way Towards Funding Goal: If you can share some money this month, the FSF should be a priority
A Lot of People Don't Want "Smart" (Things That Spy, Stop Working, Cannot be Repaired Easily): They also don't want slop disguised as "intelligence"
Links 16/12/2025: More GAFAM (Now Amazon) Layoffs and iRobot Chapter 11: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, December 15, 2025: IRC logs for Monday, December 15, 2025
Wrapping Up and Ending "Slopwatch": An "end-of-life" improvement
Gemini Links 15/12/2025: How We Lost Communication to Entertainment, Dichotomy Between the Real and the Digital: Links for the day
The New Chief Editor at The Register MS is a Microsofter, Now They Increase Microsoft Coverage and Add Microsoft Slant to 'Linux' Coverage: Did Microsoft pay some more?
GAFAM "doesn't depend on any sort of lock-in, humans just don't want to be free anymore," according to MinceR: As many readers are aware, our criticism of UEFI (restricted boot in particular) attracted a lot of online harassment against us, including stalking and libel
IBM Layoffs in India and IBM's CEO Spins His Lack of Market Share as a Strength: If this leadership carries on, the only red left at IBM won't be Red Hat but a red stain
Links 15/12/2025: "Life in Prison" for Criticising China, Tikhanovskaya Says 'Pressure Works': Links for the day
Due to 'Secure Boot' (An Anti-Security Measure, a Kill Switch) Computer Users Are Afraid of GNU/Linux: This is what Microsoft wanted
'Crypto' 'Currencies' Are a Ponzi Scheme. So Is "AI". Both Destroy the Planet, Not Just the Economy.: Believe it or not, millions of these GPUs just sit there boxed, unopened, unconnected, unused
The Register MS Has Just Been Paid to Promote the Ponzi Scheme Some More ("AI" Keyword Stuffing): This won't end well for The Register MS
Microsoft Colonialism in Africa is Not Sustainable: Microsoft's situation in Nigeria is not
Perpetuating the Lie of "No Red Hat Layoffs" Because of the Bluewashing (Red Hat Became Just "IBM"): Many Red Hat employees were pushed out and/or removed lately
EPO People Power - Part XIII - If the EPO's Chief Propagandist (Berenguer) Told the Police He Was a Spanish Tourist (or Similar) or That He Does Not Reside in Munich, Then He May Have Lied to the Police (in Addition to Doing Cocaine in Public): Lying to the police in Germany is a criminal offense
Links 15/12/2025: Chromebooks as Work Machines, "Americans [Who] Moved to Australia" to Avoid Cheeto: Links for the day
Breaking Your Proprietary Router in the Name of "Security": Each time they "patch" the router something that previously worked OK is likely to just break
IBM May be Breaking the Law to Silence Staff It Laid Off: Observation to add regarding IBM layoffs
Demonisation Attacks on Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS) - Including Antisemitic Attacks - Have Not Worked: Name-calling doesn't work
Slop ("AI") Will Replace People and Take Away Jobs, Say the Slopfarms With Fake (LLM-Generated) Text and Slop Images: "AI" often means slave labour in a poor country
More Than a Million Bytes Should be Enough for Most Computer Programs: Who said computing would improve over time?
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, December 14, 2025: IRC logs for Sunday, December 14, 2025
Another "AI" (Slop) Use Cases Turns Out to be a Fraud: Those who talk about this fraud get SLAPPed
They Say Rules Are Made to be Broken, at Microsoft That Became an Imperative (e.g. Accounting Fraud, Bribery and So on): Its biggest client is itself
In Russia, Microsoft is Already a Dying Breed Online: A lot of Europe also dumps Microsoft. Europe is a big revenue source of Microsoft.
The Future of News on the World Wide Web: No "greener pastures" on the Web
𝐈𝐁𝐌 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐀𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚: Proof That at IBM People Fall Upwards: IBM is collapsing
EPO People Power - Part XII - The Mobbing Got So Bad People Were Unable to Work: What's at stake here isn't just the EPO or the patent system
Links 14/12/2025: "Chile to ban smartphones in classroom" and "Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers": Links for the day
Gemini Links 14/12/2025: "GUI TUI CLI" and EmacsConf 2025 Video: Links for the day
Links 14/12/2025: Tensions in Asia, US Making Deals With Belarus: Links for the day
A Utopian and Very Dumb Vision of Technology, Based on Accounting Fraud: the "industry" has become insane and a lot of "the media" is going along with it
Links 14/12/2025: "The Slop of Things to Come", Goldman Sachs Nervous About Slop Bubble: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, December 13, 2025: IRC logs for Saturday, December 13, 2025

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