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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 05, 2024

Arrangement with old books, spectacles, case, glass oil lamp and dead rose

Updated This Past Day

  1. Microsoft Enabled China to Crack US Government Systems. Now It Bribes the Media for "Sponsored" Narratives and Distraction (With "Linux").
    horrible pieces portray Microsoft as the hero
  2. Who is Left to Speak for the Community and for Science (Not for Corporations)?
    Predators claim to speak for us

    New

  3. Snake Island Code of Conduct
    Reprinted with permission from the Free Software Fellowship
  4. Links 04/04/2024: Attacks on the Press and Patent System Adopting Illegal Kangaroo Courts Controlled by Corporations
    Links for the day
  5. Gemini Links 04/04/2024: Achievements of Humanity, Berlin Day, Dumping "Smart" Phones
    Links for the day
  6. Links 04/04/2024: Intel Losses and Empty Offices
    Links for the day
  7. The Corrupting Influence of Money in the Media: ZDNet Compels Jack Wallen to Advertise and Even Endorse Proprietary Software to GNU/Linux Users (Software He Later Admits Sucks)
    After promoting Microsoft Edge and BlueMail (with Microsoft extensions) we see yet more SPAM that is for proprietary stuff
  8. VMWare GPL case: Linux Foundation reneged on Conservancy funding
    Reprinted with permission from the Free Software Fellowship
  9. Open Invention Network Acting More Like a Satellite of IBM and It's Based Around the Corner From IBM
    it's about optics, not reality
  10. A Sign That Microsoft is in Serious Trouble, Now Shamelessly Trying New Ways to Fake 'Demand' (at Cost to Itself or Shareholders' Expense) in More Ways
    surveyors show decreasing usage levels for Stochastic Parrots
  11. Links 04/04/2024: AWS Layoffs Showing That the "Clown Computing" Bubble is Popping
    Links for the day
  12. Nix at SCALE
    The first-ever NixCon in North America was co-located with SCALE this year
  13. [Meme] EPO going paperless: Discontinuation of printing service for paper files as from April 1st!
    joke
  14. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 03, 2024
    IRC logs for Wednesday, April 03, 2024
  15. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  16. FSFE behavior standards
    Reprinted with permission from the Free Software Fellowship
  17. FSFE Legal Network LLW Conflict of Interest Scandal: Polina Malaja, Open Invention Network
    Reprinted with permission from the Free Software Fellowship

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

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