Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 11, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. The Fall of the Open Source Initiative (OSI): The OSI Election is Rigged, Biased Against People Who Oppose the Openwashing of GPL-Violating Bots Operated by Microsoft for Profit (OSI Gets Paid to Promote This)

   they reckon that pretence of calm would serve them best, helped by puff pieces

2. In Vietnam, statCounter Sees Microsoft Windows Falling Below 7% "Market Share"

   Can Microsoft still demand $500 or more per Windows licence?

3. Fresh IBM Layoffs Reported in Europe and North America, Jobs Allegedly Moved to South Asia (Low Salaries)

   As usual, IBM does not talk about this

4. The Ludicrous Mythology of Commonality as Signal of Value, Merit, Popularity

   Devalue what's true, promote marketing?

5. [Video] Richard Stallman on the Four Essential Freedoms (Manuel Cuda News, 2025)

   Added to a channel several days ago by Manuel Cuda News

   New

6. Latvia (and Lithuania) Stepping Away From GAFAM, Microsoft

   Windows becomes unessential as Android and GNU/Linux rise

7. Microsoft Layoffs Are Infectious (Don't Get Acquired or Become a Partner)

   It seems like companies choosing to become "buddies" with Microsoft are dooming themselves and their products

8. A Closer Look Inside the EPO, Courtesy of Benoît Battistelli's Submissive Lapdogs Roberta Romano-Götsch and Elodie Bergot

   new report comes from the Local Staff Committee Munich (LSCMN)

9. Links 10/03/2025: Staff Strikes, Mass Layoffs in Gaming Industry

   Links for the day

10. Gemini Links 10/03/2025: "Eat The Rich" and Two-Year Anniversary of the 'Space Elevator' Orbit (Like 'Webring')

    Links for the day

11. Links 10/03/2025: Small Web Praised, LLM Chatbots Exposed as Worse Than Useless Again

    Links for the day

12. A Call for GNU/Linux and BSD Developers to Unite Against GAFAM and the Regime They Empower

    We have long encouraged and continue to encourage people who value Software Freedom to altogether boycott GAFAM

13. Gemini Links 10/03/2025: Realisation About Young People, Punks, and Discord IPO

    Links for the day

14. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

15. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 09, 2025

    IRC logs for Sunday, March 09, 2025

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