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Quote of the Day: “Microsoft is to Blame for Spam.”
Summary: “Up to 88% of Fortune 500 companies” are said to have been affected by the Zeus trojan alone, so questions about Microsoft’s liability arise again WE PREVIOUSLY showed that about one in two...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: Conficker Still a “Loaded Gun, Waiting to be Fired.”
Summary: Conficker is still a major problem, a long time after it first appeared (affecting only Microsoft Windows) IDG in Australia says: It’s been about a year since Conficker/Downadup hit in 2009,...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: Apple and Microsoft
“We have to let go of the notion that for Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose.” –Steve Jobs [relevant to Apple's recent help to Microsoft's monopoly, parent ventures, and fight against software freedom]
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How to Kill a Software Company (Picture)
“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” –George Santayana
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Quote of the Day: “All Novell Are Offering Here is a Chance to be a Slave to...
Summary: Microsoft-Novell slave trade in the words of Simon Phipps TODAY’s words of wisdom come from Simon Phipps (formerly of Sun). Simon says: While this is slick (if predictable) marketing there’s...
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Who Are the Communists?
“Bill Gates cites copyright enforcement to justify Chinese censorship. Microsoft executives used to call us communists, but they are now clearly revealed as the ones who support communist-style...
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Quote of the Day: “Gates Foundation Still Giving Windows Away for Free”
Protests in India used Boycott Novell banners Summary: The leaked story of how Bill Gates fought GNU/Linux migrations in India evokes accusations against the Gates Foundation WE occasionally point out...
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Quote of the Day: Peer To Patent is a “Colossal Waste of Time When [It]...
Summary: Carlo Piana is also among the critics of Peer To Patent Earlier today we explained yet again why Peer To Patent is not the best solution to the problem Free software is having. Carlo Piana,...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: “Children Are Often Taught “Computer Skills” That Are...
Summary: BECTA had British children indoctrinated for Microsoft’s benefit and The Guardian explains why it’s morally wrong (c.f. EDGI) “Children are often taught “computer skills” that are really...
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Quote of the Day: “Microsoft-sponsored Lobbyists and Lawyers Forming Groups...
Summary: Words of value from someone who was relatively close to regulators and a word about SCO against Linux Simon Phipps, formerly an executive of Sun Microsystems, has this to say about the...
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Richard Stallman: “The danger is that Microsoft is probably planning to force...
…So spread the word about Monofree and Mononono. Impede entryism by Mono and Moonlight.
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Dangerous Thinker
Summary: Society oughtn’t be alarmed by people who say unusual things; it should be wary and sceptical of those corporations ever so eager to silence such people
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‘Cancel Culture’ as ‘Thoughtpolice’ Creep
Summary: Richard Stallman spoke about an important aspect of censorship more than 2 decades ago (before “Open Source” even existed); it was published in Datamation (“Censoring My Software”) 23 years...
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Being Rich Does Not Imply Being Smart (Especially When One is Born Into Wealth)
Ruthlessness is not brilliance Summary: Presenting the ‘genius’ (college dropout, but that does not matter when the yardstick of wisdom is wealth alone), with his own predictions overlaid on top of his...
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Freedom Is Not Possible Without Privacy
“Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we’re doing nothing wrong at the time of surveillance.” –Bruce Schneier Summary: Privacy was the subject of today's feature article; let’s...
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[Humour] Microsoft’s Jokers Tell Us They Love Linux…
Summary: Humour? Maybe. But those are all genuine, authentic quotes from inside Microsoft’s leadership (speaking of “Linux” as though it’s a cockroach and Windows a drug).
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[Humour] Getting Fired for Outsourcing to Microsoft
“I consider GitHub useless for these kinds of things. It’s fine for hosting, but the pull requests and the online commit editing, are just pure garbage.” –Linus Torvalds, founder of the Git project...
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[Meme] Making Patents Sane Again
Summary: An old but relevant quote regarding software patents in Europe now that there’s an EPO strike (today)
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EPO Corruption Impacts Everybody, Even Those Uncaring About Patents and Those...
Summary: It seems fair to say that the incredible deficit or lack of justice at the EPO poses a threat not only to justice in Europe and the EU, even well outside the area of patents. They are...
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