As usual, the EPO breaks the law with impunity, cannot be sued because of immunity, and it continues to rely on the EPO's bribery of the political class. The law does not really exist at the EPO; it ...

"Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, declared a profit of $4.5 billion in 1998; when the cost of options awarded that year, plus the change in the value of outstanding options, is deducted, ...

It's basically promoting Windows, discouraging people from exploring "real" GNU/Linux rather than some spied-on toy run under Windows and under Microsoft's control. And apropos LLM slop, watch what ...

"Hey hi" (AI) has been a common excuse for business failure; Salesforce is the latest to be done that. As a reminder, IBM Consulting was already impacted months ago, based on the "evil tongues" (word) ...

A slice of the design research I'm motivated by; from papers by Mark Weiser (Xerox Park 1994) to Paul Dourish, Hiroshi Ishii, and more fun HCI papers. This week I talk about readings from Mark Weiser, ...

A longtime reader (nearly 20 years!) wrote to inform us of the latest intervention in Europe. It's by the European Internet Forum (EIF), which contrary to its name is barely European*: ...

Based on his 'Microsoft resume' (Microsoft LinkedIn), he's not a bad person, but Sohidur Rahman can leave some readers with a bad taste in their months. People typically go to GNU/Linux in order to ...

3 months ago: Google's Debt Has Increased and 'Cash on Hand' Fell by 22.27% This Past Year ...

The Debian Social Contract says "We won't hide problems" but it turns out the social contract is not honoured. What we have ...

LLM slop is a parasite. It lessens the incentive for people to do any real journalism or for companies to pay people to do so. Some former news sites have become slopfarms, but they aren't telling ...

A lot of people wrongly assume that because some people got very rich inside Microsoft, thae that means Microsoft itself is a big pile of cash. It's not. It's a pile of debt; speculative models try to ...

Counter Shows "WIntel" Chasing a Dying Market. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 05, 2025. Fewer than 20% of Web-connected devices in Africa are still desktops/laptops: Microso ...