Well it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me but come on lads
Don't want unskippable ads!
And it's five, six, seven, we're heading for those pearly gates,
Look out, uh-oh, don't be a noob
We've roused the wrath of YouTube!

(Apologies to Country Joe and the Fish)

At the time, I wasn't in a position to make that decision. And, honestly, at that time I probably wouldn't have been confident enough in my knowledge to make that decision anyway.

Microsoft heard about Dell admitting their branding mistakes at CES and said "this is a problem... how can we get the attention focused back on US?"

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple actually does that at some point in the next couple of years. They seem fairly rudderless at times anymore.

If that's the case, it would've been useful for the summary to actually state that.

The issue here (meaning on Slashdot) is - we see far too many instances where the title says one thing but TFS says another, and whatever the title states is completely incorrect. So the titles here are basically useless and can't be considered to convey any information whatsoever.

They haven't admitted a mistake or apparently learned any lesson at all. Instead, they're just attempting to pivot a small amount and apply some window dressing to rescue their failing rebrand initiative.

Lemkin, the founder of SaaStr, the world's largest community of business-to-business founders.

I can't even tell what this guy's business does in the first place. And I can't say I've heard of this company.

(From TFA) That month, though, during the SaaStr Annual — its yearly gathering of over 10,000 founders, executives, and VCs — two of its high-paid sales representatives abruptly quit.

Still can't quite tell. Do they run events for other companies? I tried to check Wikipedia, but they don't even have a page there.

So next I did a general search. First result from DDG:

https://www.saastr.com/
SaaStr | B2B + AI Community, Events, Leads

I clicked on the link for their page, and got hit in the face with AI this, AI that. They offer advice, vibe coding, etc. etc. It looks like his company is an AI-heavy startup that caters to other AI startups. And he's telling us he's all-in on AI? Wow that's a shocker.

So the one remaining question is - did an AI agent arrange for this paid advertorial, or was it a human?

How could you NOT have a tier labeled "Optimus Prime"?

I think it was Margaret Mead who warned about the issues of taking observations from one culture and applying them to a different one.

And, this being Hong Kong, you've got significant added political implications. Given the current political climate there, I could easily see where toadies might be far more likely to enter government service there right now. Unfortunately the article is paywalled, so I don't know what time period is covered by these observations. Was it pre-crackdown? Post? A mix of the two? Those would be important bits of data to have when trying to unravel this.

Is a fork still considered Unix? AIX still exists, as does Solaris and of course SCO Unix.

The BSDs are also still around, although according to Wikipedia they're considered "Unix-like"... as is Linux.

Also according to Wikipedia, both macOS and Z/OS are current, certified Unix systems. SCO OpenServer is also listed there, but it doesn't appear to be maintained.

We had a bunch of HP-UX machines and a handful of Sun boxes running Solaris. Personally, I've been much happier working in an all-Linux environment.

This quote about relative reliability from that Consumer Reports article does make sense:

“Many of the problems with EVs and plug-in hybrids are because they are newer designs compared to gas technology, so some kinks still continue to be worked out,” says Jake Fisher, senior director of auto testing at Consumer Reports. “By comparison, hybrids have been around for nearly three decades, and the technology is tried and true.”

It's also true that ICE vehicles have been around even longer, so you'd expect them to also be very reliable. I know back when I was a kid, getting 150-200K from a car was phenomenal... nowadays people pretty much assume that will be the case. Heck, even my Escort was still running (admittedly badly) at 270K with the original engine - I'd had to replace tie rod ends once, water pumps a couple times, and gone through several clutches of course.

In theory, at least, I like the idea behind the Extended Range EVs like the upcoming Ford Ranger. If I understand it correctly, they're basically a full-blown EV (with a pure EV drive train) - but they also have a generator onboard that can be used to recharge the batteries if necessary.

It seems like that addresses the range anxiety some people stress about, without having to deal with the more complicated drive train of most current hybrids (where there's more points of potential failure than either an ICE or a standard EV).

Donniewood.