Proprietary Leftovers
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Outlook faces global outage; What Microsoft said
Microsoft Corp said it was investigating issues with email service Outlook as users in North America faced problems with accessing, sending or searching emails on the platform.
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UK watchdog says Microsoft’s Activision deal hurts gamers
Microsoft’s stalled $68.7 billion deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard has hit a fresh hurdle in the United Kingdom. Britain's antitrust watchdog said Wednesday that the deal will stifle competition and hurt gamers. The watchdog's investigation found that the deal could strengthen Microsoft’s position in the growing cloud gaming market.
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Fixing “app source not there” in Homebrew
I've moved on to NetBSD's excellent pkgsrc tool for most of my macOS package needs, but I still use Homebrew to install graphical applications.
Today I attempted to upgrade a package, but in my half-asleep stupor I deleted the bundle from the Applications folder first. Derp.
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The Mozilla Blog: A shared and open roadmap for MDN [Ed: Mozilla outsourcing to proprietary software and Microsoft; this is the end of Firefox]
Mozilla, Open Web Docs and partner organizations met in London in January to create a joint roadmap for MDN, improve planning and collaboration, and cement a shared vision for the project’s future.
A project with the size and complexity of MDN – a collaborative undertaking to document web platform technologies – requires great effort to keep content up-to-date, accurate and accessible for the broadest audience. Coordinating the activities of staff, partners and a community of volunteers and contributors who work on different areas of the website requires considerable focus and proactive planning.