Bonum Certa Men Certa

[Meme] [Teaser] Swiss Rumbustious Alpha-Rambos

Lipstick on an EPO hog
Swiss right-wingers played a role in Vichyite EPO policies



Summary: Aggressive men tarnish the image of Switzerland as a soft nation of peace; details tomorrow...

Recent Techrights' Posts

Incompetent Patent Office (EPO) Trying to Blame Examiners (Whom It Orders to Illegally Grant European Patents)
full communication, accompanied by flowcharts
Microsoft: Break Competition Laws (Endless Antitrust Violations), Lie to Regulators, Then Send Secret Bribes
who's gonna hold them accountable for the lying?
Links 14/10/2024: One Year Since Activision Blizzard Demolition 'Officially' Began and Amazon Corporate Layoffs Accelerate
Links for the day
[Meme] No Choice, No Reuse, No Effect
Let people throw away tens of billions of batteries each year and charge them too much for this 'convenience'?
 
4 Years Since We Started a Plain Text Edition of Techrights (Then Adopted IPFS and Gemini Protocol)
The earliest text editions of this site are dated late October 2020
Even in Richer Countries, Where Many People Can Afford Laptops, Windows Has Become Second to Android
Android has long been bigger than Windows in poor countries were fewer people have a "desktop" (or laptop)
On IBM Layoffs at North Carolina Where Red Hat is Headquartered
Layoffs at "IBM fall through the disclosure cracks"
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 15, 2024
IRC logs for Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Perfectl is Not New, It's Not News About Linux, Outdated Apache RocketMQ is Not Linux, and the Real News Should be Back Doors Like Windows and CALEA Blunder
Another theme to be debunked
[Meme] Dr. Richard M. Stallman (RMS) Not Cancelled, But They Keep Trying...
The Microsofters are evidently still angry that he gives public talks around the world
"IBM Has Trimmed Its Workforce by 8,000 People"
How can a company legally lay off 8,000 people without saying anything?
Links 16/10/2024: OpenBSD 7.6 on the StarFive VisionFive2, Netnews Specs
Links for the day
IBM Driving Workers Crazy (Maybe It Wants Them to Just Resign, No Severance)
"This whole concept of silent layoffs that are expected to last through the end of November is driving me crazy."
Links 15/10/2024: GAFAM Returning the Menace of Nuclear Reactors, More Press Crises Reports
Links for the day
linuxbsdos.com (Linux BSD OS) Has Gone Astray, It's All About Windows, Not GNU/Linux or BSD OS
The transition could be seen a week or two ago. It gets worse every day.
[Meme] Nepotism Breeds Incompetence
When a corrupt cabal takes over what was supposed to be an institution concerned with science
Links 15/10/2024: Fentanylware (TikTok) Under Fire, Espionage Wars Reported
Links for the day
Gemini Links 15/10/2024: Magic of Radio and Misfin-Server 0.5.9
Links for the day
Markets Without Fair Competition and Effective Regulation
There are many examples where a lack of true choice encourages cartels
IBM Bribery Scandal in China
IBM has a long history of bribery and other crimes
XBox Turmoil Continues, Head of XBox Game Studios Resigns After Less Than One Year
There are many signs that XBox is dying - something that many sites have predicted for a while
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 14, 2024
IRC logs for Monday, October 14, 2024
Disputing the Achievements of IBM's CEO, Who Already Terminated Many Jobs at Red Hat (Which He Had Allegedly Suggested Buying)
Buying a company to gut it within about a year?
Gemini Links 14/10/2024: Dabbling in GemText, Unit Testing
Links for the day
Links 14/10/2024: Keeping Multiple Blogs, Wrestling With Misinformation
Links for the day
[Meme] Class of Microsoft
"Everything started with Microsoft DOS!"
History Education and Rejecting Creation Myths
The creator of Linux isn't the creator of GNU/Linux
Microsoft's GitHub is Losing Traffic, Based on an Extensive Web Survey, and Its Future is Uncertain
Remember that Microsoft keeps close to its chest the operations and finances of GitHub (because it's embarrassing!)
How to Follow Our Updates About EPO (or Everything Else for That Matter)
follow us via RSS feeds
EPO Administration: Wait Several Months or Until Next Year for Clarifications
"After the intranet announcements of 18 September and 27 September and recent emails from CIGNA concerning opting into the VECOZO network, colleagues have been contacting us with queries and requests for guidance."
[Meme] Shoestring Budget With Record Profits (Because Hundreds of Thousands of Fake European Patents Get Granted)
Record profits? EPO staff does not benefit!
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, October 13, 2024
IRC logs for Sunday, October 13, 2024
Unrest at the European Patent Office as School Costs Eat Away the Income
"Letter to the administration on the Education Allowance - DISDH - German School"
Gemini Links 13/10/2024: ArcMenu, Emacs decide-mode, Midnight Pub Mass-Deletion Option
Links for the day