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IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, January 10, 2023

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1 AM, January 10

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01:55 psydruid; what happened to IBM that they are now acting more like Microsoft's sidekick?

01:58 schestowitz-TR; psydruid: i wonder the same

01:59 schestowitz-TR; i can make guesses

01:59 schestowitz-TR; but gueeses are no good

01:59 schestowitz-TR; later today we shell be getting new data/lies from ons

01:59 schestowitz-TR; I no longer have confidence in their data

01:59 schestowitz-TR; btw, there's a draft that I've not checked yet, did not find the time before bulletin cutoff time

01:59 schestowitz-TR; now we have some very interesting parts, I think

01:59 schestowitz-TR; in weeks to come

01:59 schestowitz-TR; *shall


2 AM, January 10

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02:07 psydruid; I'm thinking that it's getting harder to find people with Microsoft skills, as I don't see why people have been reaching out to me for jobs with Microsoft products that don't even feature on my resume

02:07 psydruid; Like get a Microsoft person to do Microsoft jobs

02:08 psydruid; It should be easy enough really

02:12 techrigthssec; ack

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02:43 psydruid; https://www.forumstandaardisatie.nl/open-standaarden/odf

↺ https://www.forumstandaardisatie.nl/open-standaarden/odf

02:43 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.forumstandaardisatie.nl | ODF | Forum Standaardisatie

02:44 psydruid; I'm not sure but I don't think Microsoft's document formats are as important and prevalent as they used to be

02:50 psydruid; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_adoption

↺ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_adoption

02:50 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | OpenDocument adoption - Wikipedia

02:50 schestowitz-TR; wikipedia

02:50 schestowitz-TR; edited by Microsoft shills

02:56 psydruid; it's also lacking information for Asia and Africa

02:57 schestowitz-TR; right

02:57 schestowitz-TR; wikipedia

02:57 schestowitz-TR; =western PR firms

02:57 schestowitz-TR; they are only diverse in their sites and catalogues

02:57 schestowitz-TR; and they have RICH clients

02:58 schestowitz-TR; rich like bill gates rich and jeffrey epstein rich

02:58 schestowitz-TR; they have an "image problem"


3 AM, January 10

03:02 schestowitz-TR; if you check gemini stats, you will see something goes on at msft layoffs-wise

03:02 schestowitz-TR; even if "the media" refuses to cover it

03:03 psydruid; https://lnxwalt.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/whose-finances-are-on-the-line/

↺ https://lnxwalt.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/whose-finances-are-on-the-line/

03:03 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-lnxwalt.wordpress.com | Whose Finances Are On The Line? | Opportunity Knocks

03:03 schestowitz-TR; Microsoft CEO uses newspeak for, "Expect many more layoffs!" https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/06/microsoft_nadella_tough_years_ahead/

↺ https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/06/microsoft_nadella_tough_years_ahead/

03:04 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theregister.com | Microsofts Nadella: Tech is in for a rough two years The Register

03:04 psydruid; this one was linked from Tim Bray's blog article

03:05 schestowitz-TR; psydruid: thanks

03:09 psydruid; I also experienced Andy Farnell's total breakdown of university support systems a few days ago, as I had to install MS Lookout in a Windows VM to then import my e-mail into Thunderbird and then import them on the GNU/Linux side via a shared directory

03:10 psydruid; if this is 21st century university IT, it's the worst it's ever been

03:14 techrigthssec; ack

03:14 techrigthssec; """

03:14 techrigthssec; ... and later, or (2) issue a patent and copyright and reverse-engineering pledge that says "we grant ...

03:14 techrigthssec; """

03:15 schestowitz-TR; john deere?

03:15 techrigthssec; It's not IT, it'd an embedded sales team using university money against the

03:15 techrigthssec; university itself.

03:16 techrigthssec; The above quote is from the end of the lnxwalt link.

03:16 psydruid; they made the change a few months ago requiring OAuth2 client support

03:16 psydruid; multiple requests to support Thunderbird on GNU/Linux fell on deaf ears

03:17 psydruid; I didn't even get a response

03:17 psydruid; so yes, it looks like Microsoft moles embedded on the inside

03:18 psydruid; I don't understand how a university with quite a pro free software stance could go along with this

03:19 psydruid; I would rather change e-mail server software to something else

03:21 techrigthssec; Security theatre

03:21 techrigthssec; But then again the embedded sales teams see IT as an end in itself and not

03:21 techrigthssec; as a means to get any actual work done.

03:21 techrigthssec; As usual, it is about control and if people are working on their own tasks

03:21 techrigthssec; they are not under control of m$ and working under m$

03:21 techrigthssec; as microserfs

03:26 schestowitz-TR; biab, recording

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4 AM, January 10

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04:26 schestowitz-TR; Typical Microsoft propaganda in CNN. LinkedIn itself has layoffs, but Microsoft seems to be eager to googlebomb the topic out of view/sight https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/08/tech/linkedin-popularity-growth/index.html

↺ https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/08/tech/linkedin-popularity-growth/index.html

04:26 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-edition.cnn.com | LinkedIn is having a moment thanks to a wave of layoffs | CNN Business


5 AM, January 10

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6 AM, January 10

06:05 schestowitz-TR; no reply from EFF yet ;-)

06:05 schestowitz-TR; I mentioned them in a new video

06:05 schestowitz-TR; maybe they will surprise me

06:07 mjg59_; Yeah they did defend Weev so who knows


7 AM, January 10

07:09 techrigthssec; that's why EFF is being infiltrated

07:09 techrigthssec; a bunch of nutcase cannot stand the original EFF

07:09 techrigthssec; that had its founders still in-house

07:09 techrigthssec; EFF, RIP


9 AM, January 10

09:54 techrigthssec; If the EFF is no longer fulfilling its charter, it is important to have a public

09:54 techrigthssec; record of that.

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10 AM, January 10

10:16 schestowitz-TR; A Month Later the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Has STILL Not Corrected Its Numbers https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/10/a-month-later-ons-missing-data/

↺ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/10/a-month-later-ons-missing-data/

10:16 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive A Month Later the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Has STILL Not Corrected Its Numbers

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10:27 schestowitz-TR; 2019 Week 52 Deaths: 7,533. 2022 Week 52 Deaths: 9,517 (26.3% Increase!) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/10/26-3-pct-increase-in-deaths/

↺ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/01/10/26-3-pct-increase-in-deaths/

10:27 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive 2019 Week 52 Deaths: 7,533. 2022 Week 52 Deaths: 9,517 (26.3% Increase!)

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11 AM, January 10

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11:46 techrigthssec; Excellent

11:46 schestowitz-TR; cleaned my main rss feeds ;)

11:46 schestowitz-TR; so i'm on top of things before midday


1 PM, January 10

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13:18 schestowitz; re

13:18 schestowitz; <schestowitz[TR]> seems lke pension fraud

13:18 schestowitz; <schestowitz[TR]> just spoke to pension provider

13:18 schestowitz; <schestowitz[TR]> if they don't rectify this, we will report them to the authority

13:19 schestowitz; they have just paid for October

13:19 schestowitz; maybe they read IRC

13:19 schestowitz; paid for October or payment only registered now... for 3 months ago


2 PM, January 10

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5 PM, January 10

17:05 schestowitz-TR; 24 hours later still no reply from eff

17:05 schestowitz-TR; eff works for craig, mark cuban, google

17:05 schestowitz-TR; not for people who just merely support eff in their site

17:05 schestowitz-TR; or become members

17:05 schestowitz-TR; eff = worthless shit, sorry


8 PM, January 10

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