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One wonders if EMAS* ever audited their own use of Microsoft software and consequentially Microsoft's significant deleterious impact on society by monopoly, planned obsolescence, massive tax evasion, et cetera.

Moral of the story: use Linux, LibreOffice, etc.

* Eco-Management and Audit Scheme; "Evaluate, report, and improve the environmental performance of your organisation"

How to scare away your customers, exhibit 4821: #Broadcom #VMware:

"VMware distributor Arrow says minimum software subs set to jump from 16 to 72 cores.
Claims Broadcom will levy 20 percent #penalty for customers who don’t pay before renewal deadlines"

theregister.com/2025/03/28/arr

I don't know you, but if I were a customer for that product, I'd most probably start migration projects today.

The Register · VMware distributor Arrow says minimum software subs set to jump from 16 to 72 coresBy Simon Sharwood

The US’s large trade deficit is highest with three major economic partners – China, Mexico and Vietnam. In 2024,

I want to know how much of this #deficit is because US companies have sent manufacturing overseas because of #greed.

#tariffs #uspolitics #felontrump #trumptariffs

aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/2/wh

Al Jazeera · Where are the highest, lowest tariffs? Trump’s reciprocal tariffs explainedBy Hanna Duggal

Forget about #FamilyValues: Trump fired people at "the agency that’s supposed to serve the most vulnerable kids and families in the country, and there are billions of dollars that will now go unmonitored and unaccounted for.” Unmonitored and unaccounted for money leads to waste, fraud, and abuse:
sfchronicle.com/sf/article/hhs
"I think the intent of this is to downsize and rip the government apart as fast as possible.”
#PutinsPuppet #destructiveness #mismanagement #greed #politics