Looking to leave GitHub?

Try Codeberg — it's Git, but based in Germany (Europe), without all of Microsoft's nonsense. They're also on the Fediverse: @Codeberg.

But wait — it gets better!

Codeberg is open source, and you can even host your own instance. The software is called Forgejo, built by the same folks behind Codeberg, and they're on the Fediverse too: @forgejo.

#GitHub#GitLab#Git#FOSS#OpenSource#DigitalSovereignty#Microsoft

Looking to leave GitHub?

Try Codeberg — it's Git, but based in Germany (Europe), without all of Microsoft's nonsense. They're also on the Fediverse: @Codeberg.

But wait — it gets better!

Codeberg is open source, and you can even host your own instance. The software is called Forgejo, built by the same folks behind Codeberg, and they're on the Fediverse too: @forgejo.

#GitHub#GitLab#Git#FOSS#OpenSource#DigitalSovereignty#Microsoft

🌩️ Your Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward - gHacks Tech News

｢ Microsoft announced that it is changing the default save location for Word documents on Windows. "Anything new you create will be saved automatically to OneDrive or your preferred cloud destination", writes Raul Munoz, product manager at Microsoft on the Office Shared Services and Experiences team ｣

https://www.ghacks.net/2025/08/27/your-word-documents-will-be-saved-to-the-cloud-automatically-on-windows-going-forward/

#microsoft #privacy #ai #bigtech #cloud

wow, onedrive, you've really outdone yourself this time

#microsoft

wow, onedrive, you've really outdone yourself this time

#microsoft

OK, I'm skeptical of most AI features Microsoft throws at Windows, but the new "fluid dictation" for voice access sounds promising. "It automatically corrects grammar, punctuation, and filler words as you speak, reducing the need for manual editing." https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/09/05/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26120-5790-beta-channel/#CopilotPlusPC#Microsoft #VoiceAccess#FluidDictation#AI

6.7 billion euros: End of Windows 10 as a money printing machine for Microsoft

Regular support for Windows 10 – will soon end and many companies will be paying for millions of their clients. These updates are worthwhile for Microsoft.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/6-7-billion-euros-End-of-Windows-10-as-a-money-printing-machine-for-Microsoft-10632643.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT#Microsoft#Windows#Windows#Wirtschaft #news

Microsoft, dans Outlook, a donc traduit le menu "Home" par.... "Domicile"... on en est là...
#microsoft

Microsoft, dans Outlook, a donc traduit le menu "Home" par.... "Domicile"... on en est là...
#microsoft

Microsoft : Vous nous envoyez beaucoup de mails, on va donc s'assurer que vous utilisez bien SPF/DKIM/DMARC ☝️🧐

Moi : OK, pas de souci

Also Microsoft : LOL, DKIM invalide, rejet du mail, parce qu'on a souvent des timeout sur nos requêtes DNS et qu'on n'a pas pu choper votre clé DKIM 🤪

Moi : 🤬🤬🤬

Mon article https://framablog.org/2017/02/17/etre-un-geant-du-mail-cest-faire-la-loi/ a plus de 8 ans et est toujours d'actualité… #Fatigue

#Mail#AdminSys#Microsoft

Does anyone still remember "FURY 3" ? As one of the earliest titles for Windows 95, it was used extensively in Microsoft's advertising campaign for the system. The game is actually fairly simple and runs smoothly even within an 86Box VM!

"Shoot 'em up!"

#Microsoft#Windows95#RetroGaming#Emulation #90s#PCGaming#History#Retro

#Microsoft bought it for small money, relabeled it as #MSDOS and made their first Millions with it.

Furthermore: #Windows was a rip-off from macOS. And #WindowsNT was a dirty hit in the back while MS was (co-)developing #OS2 for IBM.

Most people don't even know about #Excel and (partly) #Word being a 3rd-party software bought by MS.

The main contribution by MS was not as a software developing company. Their core competence was taking money for something that was for free and widely shared and improved by all sorts of people before. They invented proprietary software, software licenses and mandatory software bundles with hardware with no option not to pay for it.

Whatever software decisions were made on top, were mostly really poor decisions IMO.

6.7 billion euros: End of Windows 10 as a money printing machine for Microsoft

Regular support for Windows 10 – will soon end and many companies will be paying for millions of their clients. These updates are worthwhile for Microsoft.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/6-7-billion-euros-End-of-Windows-10-as-a-money-printing-machine-for-Microsoft-10632643.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT#Microsoft#Windows#Windows#Wirtschaft #news

#Microsoft bought it for small money, relabeled it as #MSDOS and made their first Millions with it.

Furthermore: #Windows was a rip-off from macOS. And #WindowsNT was a dirty hit in the back while MS was (co-)developing #OS2 for IBM.

Most people don't even know about #Excel and (partly) #Word being a 3rd-party software bought by MS.

The main contribution by MS was not as a software developing company. Their core competence was taking money for something that was for free and widely shared and improved by all sorts of people before. They invented proprietary software, software licenses and mandatory software bundles with hardware with no option not to pay for it.

Whatever software decisions were made on top, were mostly really poor decisions IMO.

U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are hosting an artificial intelligence event for tech CEOs including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg in the White House's newly renovated rose garden. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/04/tech/trump-meta-zuckerberg-rose-garden/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tech #meta #markzuckerberg #apple #timcook #microsoft #satyanadella #us #donaldtrump #melaniatrump

One of the rare examples where #Microsoft actually created a software itself (instead of buying some 3rd party tool + embracing it) was published as open source (MIT license): https://github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M6502

#history

Je ne sais pas si c'est bon signe pour un langage, que Microsoft s'y intéresse fortement 😹

"Microsoft encourage le développement de pilotes en Rust"

https://next.ink/198051/microsoft-encourage-le-developpement-de-pilotes-en-rust/

#Microsoft#Rust#RustLang

Fantastische News!

Die Big Tech-Oligarchen treffen sich mit dem lieben Fuehrer im Palast der himmlischen Korruption.
Einzig und allein um unsere Welt zu einem besseren Ort zu machen.

#Microsoft#Apple#Meta#Trump

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-04/trump-to-host-meta-s-zuckerberg-tech-ceos-in-redone-rose-garden

Huh, #Microsoft just open-sourced #6502 #BASIC. Permissive MIT licence, even.

https://github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M6502

#vintageComputing#retroComputing #programming

Et hop !
Un ordinateur de plus libéré, délivré de #Microsoft et de Windows 10 !

Un vieux DELL Latitude 5270 poussif sous un windows vieux de quelques années vient de retrouver sa liberté (et une seconde jeunesse) !
– ouvrir le capot
– remplacer le disque dur par un SSD
– refermer
– démarrer sur une clé USB bootable
– installer #LinuxMint 22.1
– redémarrer et installer toutes les mises à jour nécessaires.

Temps total de l'opération : 25 minutes
Absolument TOUT fonctionne du 1er coup.
😎