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● 06.18.23

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●● IBM Responds to Techrights Report (Citing Inside Sources): No, We Did Not Kill OpenSource.com, We Cannot Explain What We Did

Posted in Deception, Free/Libre Software, IBM at 1:58 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Almost 2 weeks ago:

Image: IBM community: The community is hard at work on something new.

6 days ago:

Image: Colour me intrigued! Where might the curious learn more, or perhaps even contribute?

Summary: Playing fast and loose with the word “community” (which was attacked systematically after the Red Hat takeover) IBM decided to issue an intriguing and vague statement the day after Techrights had blasted it for what it had done to OpenSource.com [1, 2, 3] and OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice (the Techrights article reached a vast audience); based on the timing, there was almost certainly a correlation; almost a fortnight has passed and IBM has said absolutely nothing since the above blurb

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