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 ...

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*: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft pays publishers to spread the illusion that the only viable option for developers and non-developers is "drugs" like Visual Studio and Microsoft Office, respectively Including attempts to ...

Last year we momentarily saw it at 16% and 18%. Now it's about 17%: Looking at browser statistics in Ireland (statCounter is Irish), Microsoft is in trouble: When/if Windows market share goes down, so ...