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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 07, 2024,
updated Apr 07, 2024

Grain harvesting combine, Agriculture

Updated This Past Day

  1. Microsoft Exodus in "AI" (Corporate Vice President Jumps Ship)
    Revealed late on Friday when everyone was still busy talking about Apple layoffs
  2. Sentiment at Red Hat Amid Rumours of Mass Layoffs (12 Months After the Last Wave)
    Red Hat under IBM has embraced openwashing
  3. It Will be Important for Schleswig-Holstein to Adopt Open, Freely-Implemented Standards, Not Just GNU/Linux and LibreOffice
    Stressing the importance of OpenDocument Format (ODF) and Software Freedom

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  4. Jonathan Cohen, Charles Fussell & Debian embezzlement
    Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
  5. Lior Kaplan, Mossad & Debian
    Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
  6. Assorted Comments on Rumours of Red Hat Mass Layoffs
    Red Hat's last CEO left the company 5 days ago
  7. Links 06/04/2024: More Layoffs and Apple Vision Pro Disappoints
    Links for the day
  8. Links 06/04/2024: Discarding 70,000 Government Employees in Argentina, Janet Yellen Sounds Warning on Global Economy
    Links for the day
  9. Gemini Links 06/04/2024: Matchbox Cars and Mozilla Deteriorates Further
    Links for the day
  10. GNU/Linux is Reaching New Highs in Turkey, GNU/Linux Up to 8%, Windows Down From 99.6% to Less Than 80%
    By rounding up the numbers we can say Windows was measured at 100% 15 years ago (by statCounter) and now it is below 80%
  11. HockeyStick Show Explains Copyleft and Why That Still Makes Linux Successful (Linus Torvalds Repeatedly Admitted That)
    GNU, GPL and copyleft licences
  12. Complexity Went Too Far
    The systemd mindset is a cancer
  13. Perens on "Post-Open"
    Bruce Perens via Dng, a number of hours ago
  14. Why We Will Republish Articles About Lior Kaplan and Jonathan Cohen (Criticism of Anyone is Permitted, It is Free Speech)
    Adults need to grow up and accept criticism (online and offline), even if they disagree on pertinent details
  15. Charles Fussell, Jonathan Cohen & Debian SLAPP microsite, resignations
    Reprinted with permission from the Free Software Fellowship
  16. The Misleading Term "AI" Has Enabled Fraud (Buzzwords That Help Fool Investors and Sometimes Workers)
    All the foolish, gullible shareholders/investors who pour out money into this are going to regret
  17. Fernanda Weiden, Google, FSFE & Wikipedia vanity pages
    Reprinted with permission from the Free Software Fellowship
  18. Links 06/04/2024: More Layoffs and Shutdowns, 'Small Web' Gaining Interest
    Links for the day
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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