Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 23, 2023

Updated This Past Day

1. When All They Have Left is Ad Hominem Attacks...

   we have plenty more left to say and to show

2. Months After Lobbying for Microsoft Mr. Müller Quits, Ends His Blog Entirely

   Did he get a job offer?

3. When Half the 'News' About Linux or Everything Regarding the Kernel is Corporate Stenography for x86, and All From the Same Site

   merely subscribing to the mailing list or lurking in some mirror of it would be informative enough

4. Provocation in IRC

   We only air this in order to show readers what we've been subjected to lately

   New

5. From Almost 100% to Just 44%: Microsoft's Bribes to Nigerian Officials Not Enough to Keep GNU/Linux at Bay?

   whatever is truly happening there, it probably gives headaches to Microsoft

6. Microsoft Propaganda Site: “Speculations Are Rife Regarding the Probabilities of Further Layoffs Being Announced by Microsoft”

   operatives in the media will pretend Microsoft just delivered its best results ever

7. The Criminals Who Dox People to Their Employer Also Commit Denial of Service Attacks on Those People

   There are illegal activities directed against proponents of Software Freedom

8. Egypt's GNU/Linux Market Share Growing From Nothing to 3.4% in a Few Years While Microsoft Loses Monopoly on Desktops/Laptops

   It's hard to say what motivated this transition and why it hadn't happened years prior, but the general trend seems consistent and encouraging

9. Australians Do Not Flock to GNU/Linux, But They Abandon Microsoft Over Time (to Apple's Advantage)

   One can hope more Australians will discover the benefit of digital rights (no, not DRM from Apple and Microsoft!)

10. Stand Up to Greedy, Reckless Corporations and Their Trolls, Too

    Sometimes directly funded by GAFAM while they do this

11. Autumn and Halloween: Cold, Scary World (But There is Hope)

    We can neither forget nor forgive them for what they did

12. Links 23/10/2023: Many Pfizer Layoffs and Criticism of Activision/Blizzard Takeover

    Links for the day

13. China Banishing Microsoft

    But nice "pump and dump" you got there for a while

14. With Over 2 Trillion Dollars in Additional National Debt Since May, Bailing Out Microsoft Again Will be Harder to Justify

    According to the US Debt Clock, there are now 608,473 known homeless people; the real number is probably a lot higher. How much would it cost to give them a roof (winter is here already) compared to giving Microsoft another bailout?

15. SoylentNews (SN) Will Turn 10 This Winter, Improving Relations Despite Many Past Difficulties (Including Microsoft AstroTurfing)

    SN is a good site which has historically been supportive of us

16. Google is Not Evil

    It's just another propaganda company in "search" clothing

17. Reminder: Slashdot Under New Ownership Does Not Promote Free Software (Sometimes it Sells Lies and Microsoft)

    watch what Slashdot slid into the front page a few hours ago