Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 04, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Preparations for Our 19th Anniversary Have Already Begun

   When we get back we'll probably sort out some balloons and venue for the next party

2. Pleased After 2 Years With team.blue

   Moving from a Content Management System (CMS, dynamic) to a Static Site Generator (SSG) was a wise decision that made life so much easier

3. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is Being Attacked by Organisations Jealous of Its Principled Stance and Longevity

   Nobody is perfect, but imperfection does not instantaneously imply sinister intent

4. Many Microsoft "Assets" Are Fabricated Baloney (to Game the Numbers)

   At times it seems like what we deal with are many weak patents (on algorithms), valuations or speculations based on hype ("hey hi"), and stocks held by Microsoft and its own staff

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5. Links 03/09/2025: Microsoft Causes Mass Layoffs Outside Microsoft Also, "Google Can Keep Paying for Firefox Search Deal"

   Links for the day

6. Gemini Links 03/09/2025: calendar.txt, Alhena 5.3.1, and ROOPHLOCH

   Links for the day

7. The Theory That the Man From McKinsey, Whom Red Hat Took From Microsoft a Month Ago as Executive, Wants 'Efficiency' (Lower Salaries)

   So far... no "official" word

8. When Your Site's Articles Are Being 'Cheapened' by Slop as Feature Images

   Dr. Farnell should become an advisor to The Register MS

9. Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt Drops to Only Half a Dozen Capsules and 0.2% of the Whole in Geminispace, Self-Signed is the Way to Go

   It used to have hundreds, according to Lupa

10. Doing to Red Hat What They Already Did (and Still Do) to IBM

    there seems to be a drive to hire cheaper staff, and it may be led by somebody Red Hat hired from Microsoft

11. Links 03/09/2025: Salesforce's Latest Mass Layoffs, 93% in Large Poll at The Register MS Say UK Government Should Dump Microsoft

    Links for the day

12. If You Reject the Google Verdict in the US, Then You Should Also Reject the "Modern" Web (Do Something About It)

    Gemini Protocol is still open; it cannot be hijacked or subverted because it's frozen by design and by intention

13. Open Source Initiative IRS Filing: Almost All the Money is Corporate, Stefano Maffuli (Executive Director) Takes About a Quarter of That Money for Openwashing of "AI" Ponzi Scheme

    OSI is currently little but a PR/marketing agency of Microsoft

14. Many People Are "Leaving" Red Hat, Even High-Level Managers

    Something is definitely going on at Red Hat

15. Techrights Has Been Subjected to Calls of Violence (and Death Threats), It Never Condoned Violence

    I have no sympathy for people who call violence "free speech" and then get in trouble

16. Condoning Violent Behaviour and "Free Speech"

    perhaps Microsoft Lunduke lost touch with what constitutes violence

17. Takeaway From the Google Verdict: GAFAM Has Too Much Control (Even Over the US Government and Courts With Government Appointees)

    Many people feel disappointed but hardly surprised by the verdict

18. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Turns 40 in One Month

    As noted a few days ago, several times in fact, many people now recognise the importance of the FSF's mission, even if most people don't know what the FSF is

19. "Voluntary" Layoffs at Microsoft (to Game the Numbers, Sugar-Coating a Crisis)

    "Employees interested have until the end of October to volunteer."

20. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

21. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, September 02, 2025

    IRC logs for Tuesday, September 02, 2025

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