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the.contrarian

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Thinking outside the social media echo chamber since 2008 in the Other Place.

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the.contrarian @contrarian@mstdn.plus · May 17, 2026
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Thinking outside the social media echo chamber since 2008 in the Other Place.

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Replying to @fsfe@mastodon.social
@fsfe@mastodon.social Here's an update from Eden you can pretend is your work https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/gds-weighs-in-on-the-nhss-decision-to-retreat-from-open-source/
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the.contrarian @contrarian@mstdn.plus · May 05, 2026
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Replying to @libreoffice@fosstodon.org
@libreoffice I notice you do not name names in this post, even though the author certainly knows all of the names of the people and entities who made ODF real over the last 20 years. That makes the gratitude seem secondary to the jab at EuroOffice. SEO is one thing but this is a bad look for a Foundation, and is a common approach you often seem to take (naming only TDF & its staff).
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the.contrarian @contrarian@mstdn.plus · Apr 13, 2026
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Oh. So this TDF staff member admits to interfering in the Board voting? Interesting.

https://italovignoli.substack.com/p/when-twenty-six-votes-said-everything

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the.contrarian @contrarian@mstdn.plus · Apr 13, 2026
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Someone just pointed out Mike Kaganski's blog to me:

https://mikekaganski.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/our-doors-have-never-been-closed-to-you/

TDF not only threw him out for no fault just because of who he works for, but - despite spinning it as "temporary suspension" - has banned him from even applying for membership for three years. The linked email is pure gaslighting.

What awful, inhumane behavior this is. I am disgusted.

#LibreOffice #governance #opensource

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the.contrarian @contrarian@mstdn.plus · Apr 11, 2026
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Even "apologising" TDF can't help itself, limiting it to "some" and prefixing everything with victim-blaming:

> However, this would not have changed the situation, which might feel like an unfairness to some, even though it isn’t.

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/11/open-letter-to-developers/

#LibreOffice #governance

Open Letter to some Collabora Developers - TDF Community Blog
TDF Community Blog

Open Letter to some Collabora Developers - TDF Community Blog

Yes, we should have published this blog post some time ago. We would like to thank Mike Kaganski, who was affected by the recent suspension of membership, for reminding us so politely of our oversight

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the.contrarian @contrarian@mstdn.plus · Apr 08, 2026
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Anthropic donates $1.5m to Apache. How much will the actual developers get? Zilch.

https://itsfoss.com/news/anthropic-apache-software-foundation-donation/

Donating to Foundations believing you are "supporting the developers" is delusional. You're just putting money in the pockets of administrators. Do it enough and they will actually throw the developers out in the name of "true meritocracy".

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the.contrarian @contrarian@mstdn.plus · Apr 07, 2026
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Replying to @libreoffice@fosstodon.org
@libreoffice @tdforg More innuendo and political spin to justify ejecting all the most significant contributors to TDF's success just to clear the way for forking Collabora Online. When you start respecting those people I will start respecting you.
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the.contrarian @contrarian@mstdn.plus · Apr 01, 2026
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RE: @jaykuo@universeodon.com

This has a very Bond Villain vibe. Unfortunately the people doing the killing are supposed to be the good guys.

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