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Microsoft Attacking Free Software Again (ro Promote Its Proprietary Stuff Which Spies)

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 10th of June 2022 05:21:24 PM Filed under
Microsoft
  • SQL Server 2022 Preview Available for Linux [Ed: It is proprietary software and it does not really run 'on' Linux; Microsoft booster Kurt Mackie is just 'googlebombing "Linux"]
  • To Favor Microsoft VS Code, Microsoft’s GitHub is Killing GitHub’s Atom Editor [Ed: Microsoft is just pushing proprietary software; it's not even pretending otherwise]

    Coder, coder in the hall, which is the best editor of them all!

    Sorry for the really cheesy opening line. I could not prevent myself from writing that. Just as we all could not prevent the certain demise of the most loved open source code editor of the last decade, Atom.

  • Microsoft has accidentally released Windows 11 for unsupported PCs [Ed: Microsoft accelerates its own death to fake or pretend Vista 11 adoption is OK]

    Microsoft released the final version of its next big Windows 11 update (22H2) to Release Preview testers on Tuesday, and accidentally made it available to PCs that aren’t officially supported. Oops. Microsoft has strict minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11, leaving millions of PCs behind, so the mistake will once again highlight the company’s controversial upgrade policy.

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Shot in foot

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 10th of June 2022 06:06:40 PM.
  • Microsoft Bug Allows Unsupported PCs to Upgrade to Windows 11

    Windows 11 leaves those with older systems in the dust. This is what made it confusing this week when these machines were suddenly offered the newest build. Microsoft was quick to jump in and explain that it was just a bug that allowed unsupported PCs to upgrade to Windows 11. Owners of these systems are not simply lucking out, however.

Kills becomes "Sunsets"

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 10th of June 2022 07:26:08 PM.

Microsoft <3 Proprietary

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 11th of June 2022 02:44:04 PM.
  • Microsoft’s GitHub Retires Atom Source Code Editor in Favor of VS Code

    Microsoft-owned GitHub will decommission the popular Atom open-source code editor on December 15, 2022.

    This is one of the sadder news stories we cover because it is about the purposeful termination of the lifecycle of open source software, beloved by many developers worldwide, in favor of Microsoft Visual Studio Code.

    Recently, Microsoft-owned GitHub announced it will sunset its popular Atom “hackable text editor” late this year. To be more precise, the date is December 15, 2022, when all GitHub Atom’s repositories and all other repositories remaining in the Atom organization will be archived.

'Accident'?

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 11th of June 2022 09:27:51 PM.
  • Microsoft accidentally turned off hardware requirements for Windows 11

    Microsoft has accidentally turned off its controversial hardware compatibility check, thus offering Windows 11 to computers not on the list.

    Windows 11 does not install on computers that lack a recent TPM-equipped CPU, although there are exceptions (notably for some of Microsoft's own hardware, which failed to make the cut in the original list). It is possible to circumvent this limitation, although there is no guarantee that a future version of Windows 11 won't slam the door permanently.

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