SUSE at 30, OSI at Microsoft, and Cautionary Tale About 'Smart' Thermostats
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30 Fun Facts about SUSE
Today, SUSE turns 30. From our start in Nuremberg on September 2, 1992 to our record-breaking IPO in 2021 and continued growth, SUSE has always put community first, including our employee community. Looking back over my 33 years of employment at SUSE, I have often observed that there are more memories and joys in the journey than the destination. My journey with SUSE, (before it was even SUSE!) has been just that!
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Now Hiring: Community Manager for ClearlyDefined Project [Ed: OSI now hiring for Microsoft to promote proprietary GitHub, i.e. to actually attack Open Source; OSI is inherently corrupt]
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Power Company Seizes Control Of Thermostats In Colorado During Heatwave | ZeroHedge
After temperatures soared past 90 degrees, residents were left confused when they tried to adjust their air conditioning and found locked controls displaying a message that said “energy emergency.”
Xcel confirmed to local news station Denver7 that “22,000 customers who had signed up for the Colorado AC Rewards program were locked out of their smart thermostats for hours on Tuesday.”
“I mean, it was 90 out, and it was right during the peak period,” Tony Talarico told the news station. “It was hot.”
Talarico said he is normally able to override the “energy emergency” message, but not on this occasion.