Archives for 2016

November 17, 2016

Does Microsoft Really Loves Linux?

Microsoft came out with an announcement that it loves Linux. Some don’t believe it.

Here’s an excerpt from a recent article by TechRights:

If one believes the lie, Microsoft now “loves Linux” and has officially joined the Linux Foundation. I have already responded to that over at Tux Machines where I also included many dozens of links to today’s nonsense (reproduced below), which was virtually everywhere. Remember these were quietly prepared in coordination with Microsoft/Linux Foundation before the announcements were actually made. It’s a well-orchestrated PR blitz that came out within an hour or two, reaching a lot of news channels simultaneously and drowning out opposition/scepticism.

It gets better.

There are reactions on the Web from pro-GNU/Linux people who are not so easily fooled or mesmorised by the torrent of Microsoft propaganda, delivered primarily by Microsoft-friendly writers who got groomed and prepared for it at least a day in advance (one writer accidentally published his article half a day too early and quickly took it down, he told us). There is relevance to patents, as one Red Hat employee put it: “I do wonder what #Microsoft joining #Linux foundation means wrt to those 250+ patents #Microsoft licenses to #Android OEMs.”

Read the TechRights article here.

November 4, 2016

Zuckerberg’s Bad Day

So, Mark Zuckerberg had a bad day at the office. He lost $3 billion dollars in one day when Facebook shares dropped 5.5%. How’s it that possible? Well, the guy owns 418 million shares of his own company, which is worth about $50 billion, making him the 5th richest man on earth.

Of course, he actually doesn’t have all this money in his pocket. The money tied up on the market on the shares he owns, until he dumps some of them and cash them out. Based on his money tied to the market, his net worth will go on the same direction as the market goes.

Essentially, Zuckerberg is going to have good days and bad days.

November 4, 2016

Samsung Recalls Top Loader Washers

If exploding phones were not enough, Samsung is now calling back 2.8 million units of its top loading machines because they could literally fall apart during use. There were a couple of injuries already reported. One person had a broken jaw and another with an injured shoulder.

Apparently, this is not new. Earlier this year, there was a class action suit against Samsung because some washers were exploding. Am I the only that thinks Samsung is on the wrong business. They should be selling ammunitions.

If they keep this up, they might as well change their company name to Samsuing.