Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 22, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Microsoft Killed the Term "Open Source" (by Bribing/Taking Over OSI, 'Linux' Foundation Etc.) and Now It Needs to Kill the Brand Linux (Because Windows Just Won't Run!)

   Why else would Microsoft falsely describe Windows as "Linux" and "Open Source"?

2. Slopwatch: Liars for Microsoft, Plagiarism, and IBM Red Hat Markets Slop as "AI"

   Today was a bad day news-wise

3. Slopwatch: Slopfarms 'Think' Redis is "Linux" (RedisRaider)

   Today we'll keep it short and to the point again

   New

4. Bigots and Lunatics Who Attack Microsoft Critics, Projecting Their Own Bigotry by Accusing Others of Imaginary Things (Which They're Innocent Of)

   "In psychology, projection refers to assigning your negative traits or unwanted emotions to others without being aware you’re doing it."

5. "The Appeals Committee [at the EPO] Unanimously Stated a Formal Flaw in the Consultation of the General Consultative Committee (GCC) on the Reform"

   It's a truly horrifying situation

6. Links 21/05/2025: Climate Problems and Ceasefires No Longer Foreseen

   Links for the day

7. Gemini Links 21/05/2025: "Shrimps of Doom" and "ASCII-graphs"

   Links for the day

8. Links 21/05/2025: GitHub Becoming Slop, MElon as a Drug Addict Considered National Security Risk

   Links for the day

9. IBM Has Allegedly Just Sacked Mr. McKinsey (McK), Clay Cowan, Its Fourth CMO in a Few Years

   To insiders he represented the company that's killing IBM or advising IBM on how to self-destruct

10. Gemini Links 21/05/2025: Trips, 4D Golf, and Writing Software

    Links for the day

11. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

12. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 20, 2025

    IRC logs for Tuesday, May 20, 2025

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