From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2025-02-07, Subcommandante XDelta  wrote:   
   > This article by Cory Doctorow, and the attendant citations, provide   
   > great insight into the enshittification of VMWare and Broadcom, and   
   > much besides:   
   >   
   > Pluralistic: "The Fagin figure leading Elon Musk’s merry band of   
   > pubescent sovereignty pickpockets" (07 Feb 2025)   
   >   
   > https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/broccoli-hair-brownshirts/   
   >   
      
   Interesting. I didn't know about the bit where Citrix military customers   
   were being routed to offshore technical support.   
      
   BTW, having read the first part of that article (before it got too   
   excitable), and without getting into whether anyone here supports the   
   current US leadership or not I will say that the current administration   
   is coming across as infantile and thug-like.   
      
   I've seen people like that in the past, and sooner or later there is likely   
   to be a massive rebellion when things go too far and the people being   
   bullied finally say enough is enough.   
      
   There are certain things the current administration is doing which many   
   Americans will agree with, but I also wonder if the way the current   
   administration is doing them is filling those same Americans with horror.   
      
   I wonder how many of them are now privately thinking that someone like   
   that Florida governor would have been better because many of the same   
   things would have still been done, but in a more mature and responsible way.   
      
   Simon.   
      
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   Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
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