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What's noteworthy here is that, according to TechCrunch, Microsoft was "threatening [the] security researcher with criminal investigation" for merely doing the right thing

In the 'Free World', people identify problems and pursue fixes, which they can do provided willpower and perseverance; the code is, after all, fully available and the licence permits improvements.

From what we can gather but are unable to verify, as many as 500+ at Red Hat lost their job; at first we heard 300+, then some insiders said 400+. Someone says it's now 500+ (maybe more impacted later?)...

An associate who participated in Groklaw says the trouble - however subtle - began when the LF kicked out the community representatives. Then Microsoft quickly took over the Foundation and promoted Windows as "Linux" (WSL). The LF would then attack the GPL, too. It was meant to guard the licence of Linux (GPL). It would instead attack GPL defenders and protect violators.

Neither problem (Rust and slop) is about making the kernel better, an associate opines, both are about gaining control over development by displacing or crushing the senior developers. e.g. Ted, Linus, etc.

For nearly a week now people wait to find out what this was all about. Uncertainly contributed to the panic.

Here in Europe, 15 years ago Nokia was a top contributor to Linux (#3). Then Microsoft's Ballmer and Elop infiltrated the company and destroyed it. Nowadays Nokia is a hostile company that lobbies for software patents and infiltrates courts that assess patentability and violate constitutions.

There is a term for this: mission creep

Why you need to reboot when a serious bug is found in Linux? "Licensing"...

Richard Stallman from Free Software FoundationNext Wednesday in the afternoon Dr. Stallman will speak in a US college for the second time this year and for the second time in nearly 8 years.

Sorry for the families of the "Linux geeks" that IBM has just fired. IBM's management does not understand what it is selling.

Over a decade ago a consortium of companies came up with a plan to standardise computing around the dubious but self-serving idea (or topology) wherein, in practice, Microsoft would control which operating systems are permitted to boot on standard, off-the-shelf computer hardware

People who have long defamed Richard Stallman (RMS) do not want us to have computer security, so they brand back doors "security".

The main issue, in this case, was social control media. It breeds hostility and conflict. It thrives in attention, no matter the means.

All we do is document all this as objectively as possible while presenting direct evidence anybody can verify

It seems like the FSF is making somewhat of a comeback

Quite frankly, RMS should be able to write about whatever he wants, and not have any middlemen or moderators pre-filter what he adds to his personal sites in the clearly-labeled political notes. Some people want him censored or prefer for him to self-censor.

OIN isn't the solution, it's not our solution; it exists to serve large American (and Japanese) companies.

A little memory leak each day is the road to Hell

Put bluntly, Canonical is trying to sell a solution to a problem it is creating