● 07.02.19

●● My Response to Jim Jagielski (Regarding Microsoft)

Posted in Free/Libre Software, Microsoft at 12:36 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Microsoft does not want 🐧 🗺 domination. It just wants domination over the 🐧 and the 🗺.

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> Resignations Signal Generational Change at Apache Foundationhttps://t.co/eX4IU7vGxA @fossforce belittles what I said having spoken to the person who, according to HIGH-profile FOSSers, a #microsoft apologist

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> While I cannot name the people who told me about #microsoft apologists in #apache or #asf (strictly private conversations that would cause a mess if disclosed), for @fossforce to ask the accused if she/he's guilty would obviously not go far. What about … https://t.co/Nb2frbtvw0

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> #techrights articles about #apache https://t.co/d587BAQoEN

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> BTW, that #ASF head was a #microsoft employee is not "conspiracy" (theory?) but a fact; Jim's Microsoft apologism is a mater of extensive public record, @fossforceI wasn't name-calling; I was pointing out simple observable, verifiable facts

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> To sum up the FOSSForce piece, #ASF and #Apache are/were not taken over by Microsoft interests, based on people who are themselves representing those #Microsoft interests.That's like a court asking a person, "are you guilty?"

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> If you don't accept simple, observable, verifiable facts, then you are crazy and may need to be hospitalised – love, your #microsoft apologist https://t.co/mQijnVW4Oo

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> #microsoft is…. "open" https://t.co/35BU65CV61

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> Repelling the company that bribes officials to dump #freesw is not "infighting" but self-defense https://t.co/HZXACjhn6N

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> No, #microsoft just learned that it can better combat #freesw by taking over from the inside. Which is precisely what it has done, helped by a PR campaign ("Microsoft loves Linux" etc.) https://t.co/oSpQTv40ny

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> Yes, #microsoft is the most open company in the world. It even opened up to ICE #dhs #concentrationcamps https://t.co/wqoiMYACYW

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> Maybe you missed it, but #microsoft hijacked the #election system itself. Then lobbied to keep it that way, by attacking FOSS itself: https://t.co/fyxSSdwHy4https://t.co/R2mUiFmaiw also: Microsoft and FB work together, share all the data

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> #microsoft nearly bought #facebookMicrosoft was an early investor in Facebook#zuckerberg said he nearly worked for Microsoft#fb sends ALLLL its data to #microsoft https://t.co/IzJPjHYXFrhttps://t.co/512WZVBc4o

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> OSI took #microsoft money 2 years agoNow Microsoft is inside its Board (and writes blog posts for OSI)https://t.co/yoOOhHt6aThttps://t.co/9owQaZc0Wr

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> Some cops' existence is simply predicated on tearing down crime https://t.co/aHb72CLohs

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> #microsoft assault on #gnu #linux and #freesw is not the past but the present; they just try to hide that better (SCO, Black Duck etc.) https://t.co/plK3XjNgwx

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> Whose trust? Yours maybe. https://t.co/s7o1TxyH27

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> Since joining #OIN #microsoft has leveraged #patents yet again against #linux [1] so clearly Microsoft is trying to change perception rather than itself.[1] https://t.co/pIFxoN1GSOhttps://t.co/pKRz9FTPdE

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> …be careful when they also steal your lunch https://t.co/4PhIpoLBUQ like here: https://t.co/Ik6LS7WRmV

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> "Microsoft is an ally." https://t.co/GoMEi2kA4f https://t.co/d587BAQoEN @fossforce

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> Maybe one day they'll even give you a job offer. https://t.co/o1HuLDOMMv

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> The following year #microsoft entered the OSI's Board (and all of Microsoft's big products are still #proprietarysoftware ) https://t.co/QHA1LrNnMc https://t.co/AmJzeT4Soi

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> #billgates is still in charge of #microsoft (like he was in charge of #ballmer as the 'God' of the Board, who can fire Nadella) https://t.co/ILZrIlQ83R

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> #microsoft is even more under control of #billgates than ever… now that #paulallen (who later became a #patenttroll ) is dead. Remember how he and Ballmer schemed to take over Allen's shares when he revealed he had become morbidly ill?

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> It remains to be seen if #ASF and #OSI can further distance themselves from #proprietarysoftware (which took top positions in them) https://t.co/yoOOhHt6aT https://t.co/d587BAQoEN

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> Thankfully he's stepping down (I've responded to and/or refuted a few) https://t.co/41M1m9jRF9 #asf #apache

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> Being willfully blind to someone else's intolerance (and attacks on oneself) is not a virtue but a fatal weakness. Lessons for @linuxfoundation @opensourceorg ASF etc.

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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> Jim from Apache/ASF does not need to worry about #microsoft (so in a narrow sense he's right) They love him, he's helping them. They want try to get him fired. https://t.co/DaLbmlNhB7

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> — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) July 2, 2019

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