Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 12, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Starting in 5 Minutes: Stella Assange on the Latest...

   We might update this page with a WebM copy (local) if there is something important

2. 5 Weeks Have Passed Since the Edward Brocklesby (ejb) Scandal or 'Gate' Started. Debian Has Not Yet Responded in Any Way Whatsoever (to Quell Concerns/Fears).

   still an ongoing series

3. [Meme] Changing How We Think of Patents

   they're only about serving and protecting powerful people

   New

4. Links 11/07/2024: Intuit Layoffs, Companies Keep Bricking Products

   Links for the day

5. Gemini Links 11/07/2024: Switch to a Dumbphone and Development Frustrations

   Links for the day

6. The Race to GNU/Linux in Moldova

   12 years ago Microsoft was still measured at 99%

7. EPO: Special Permission Needed to be Ill or Care for the Ill When Issuing Monopolies to Foreign Corporations is a Paramount Priority

   It's 'production' 'production' 'production'!

8. [Meme] A Special Patent Office, the EPO

   "I have no death certificate yet"

9. Links 11/07/2024: Internet Phone Book and Intense Mind Control/Censorship by Social Control Media

   Links for the day

10. Andreas Tille, Chris Lamb & Debian sexism, not listening to real female developers

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

11. GNU/Linux Expanding in Russia, But Not Exactly Invading the Market

    Russian spies work at Microsoft

12. [Meme] GPL is Still an Alien Concept to the Boardroom of IBM

    stomp all over copyleft while blackmailing the FSF into inaction

13. ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Also Leapfrog and Surpass Apple in Kenya

    ChromeOS is at about 1% there, so 6% total (more than Apple)

14. [Meme] Pay Cash, Avoid Hidden Fees

    Cashless society means a less free society

15. The Media Cannot Use the B Word (Bribe) Anymore?

    That might "offend" Microsoft

16. 99 More to Go (in 9 Days)

    Unless the FSF extends the 'cutoff' date as it usually does

17. Microsoft Windows in Bulgaria: From 99% to Barely a Quarter

    Only 15 years ago it seemed like Windows had cemented its 'lead'

18. Our Most Productive Summer Since We Started (2006)

    We have over 10,000 lines of written notes and drafts

19. Compare WIPO to ADR Forum

    it is "rude" not to hire lawyers

20. [Meme] GPL Circumvention by IBM (Red Hat)

    "GPL? All mine!"

21. GNU/Linux and ChromeOS in Costa Rica: Over 4% Now

    Desktop (or Laptop) & Tablet & Mobile combined would be about 50% "Linux"

22. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

23. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 10, 2024

    IRC logs for Wednesday, July 10, 2024

24. Links 11/07/2024: Space Programs, Education, and Mass Layoffs

    Links for the day

25. Fellowship indexing pages by person

    Reprinted with permission from the Free Software Fellowship

26. US State Department admitted General Hugh S. Johnson went off-topic, Andreas Tille called for punishments

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

27. Gemini Links 11/07/2024: Shifting Interests and It's All Books Now

    Links for the day

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