Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 09, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Microsoft Ends Support for Vista 10, So Relative Share of Vista 10 Goes Up, Vista 11 is Down

   For 2 months in a row already

2. Microsoft's Latest 'Novel' Approach, Trying to Prevent People Moving Away From Microsoft and From Windows

   ads say a lot about their business strategy

3. Microsoft-sponsored "The New Stack" Publishing Microsoft Windows Articles in "Linux" Clothing

   Just sayin'...

   New

4. When Python is Basically Run by a 'Microsoft-Friendly' Mole Who Ousts People That Actually Contributed a Lot to Python for Many Years

   Removing some of the best people

5. Syria: Microsoft Windows Down to 8% "Market Share" (It Was 99% Just 15 Years Ago)

   it was even measured at less than 5% earlier this year

6. Links 08/12/2024: Boeing Leaks and Bluesky’s Business Model Dilemma

   Links for the day

7. Gemini Links 08/12/2024: UK Winds and Ultraviolet Grasslands (UVG)

   Links for the day

8. Links 08/12/2024: Conflicts, Misinformation, and Gutting of the Media

   Links for the day

9. Over at Tux Machines...

   GNU/Linux news for the past day

10. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, December 07, 2024

    IRC logs for Saturday, December 07, 2024

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