From Techrights
This index deals with Techrights articles about IBM, as well as (further down the bottom) Comes vs Microsoft court exhibits which offer a glance at the history of Microsoft abuse. For a concise summary of some of the exhibits, see "Petition text - overview". See the IBM Archive for a more complete listing of posts.
For more recently relevant material we precede this page with articles about IBM's changing tone/tune/attitude, exacerbating around the time they sought to oust community leaders in favour of corporate actors.
Intolerance at IBM (Incomplete List From 2020-2021)
Racism
Meme: IBM Has Paid ZDNet to Troll the Community
Red Hat (IBM): FSF is Vile, Microsoft is Great; Our Sexism and Racism Are Also OK
IBM Doubles Down on Masters Being an Acceptable Word in the Context of Technology
IBM: We Can Say It⌠You Cannot
IBM Presidents Teaching the FSF About Morality
Red Hat (IBM) Has No Moral High Ground to Stand on
IBMâs âEmb(RACE)â Campaign is an Insult to History and Historians
IBM: The Word âMasterâ is Rude (Except When We Use It Ourselves)
IBM Fought for âMaster Raceâ and Now Itâs Banning the Word âMasterâ
IBMâs Founder, Mr. Watson (Yes, That Watson), Had âVery Keen Sense of Public Relationsâ
Public Relations and Tolerance Stunts Are Very, Very Cheap
Words Can Hurt Feelings. But So Can Eugenics and Wars (Not Mere Words) of Conquest.
2,445 IBM Employees Openly Condemned IBM for Enabling Racist and Intolerant Regimes
The Full Story (With References) of IBMâs Role in a Purge of Black People and Mixed-Race Couples
International Business Machines and the 1941 Watson Letter Which Refutes IBM Denials
Social Justice is Fine⌠When It is Not Just a Shallow Marketing Ploy
Focus on the Big Issues, Not the Words
IBM Racism Explained by an Insider
Ageism
When Only Rich and Powerful Corporations Can Use Slurs and Hurt Marginalised/Vulnerable People
Sexism
Real Feminism is Grassroots, Not a Corporate Ploy (to Improve Image and Sales)
Faked Diversity in âMen-Only Clubsâ (and Corporations)
Video: Removing Our Leaders Because of Diversity is Disingenuous and Hypocritical
Meet the IBM Watsons: Sponsors of Richard Nixon and Abusers of Women
Nationalism
IBM Should Cancel IBM If It Cares About Morality
New Interview With Edwin Black: IBM Has Never Apologised, Instead It Hid Its Role in Nazi Germany
Banning Words, Gaslighting Volunteers
IBM is Just Another Surveillance Company (Usually Working With or For Governments)
Why We Illuminate IBMâs Dark History (and Present)
âWatsonÂŽâ is a Lot More Offensive Than âWhitelistâ and âMasterâ
Militarism
IBM and Red Hat Boycott Russia and Belarus, But IBM's History Tells a Different Story
IBM and the Bomb: Series Index (on 75th Anniversary of Atomic Bombs Being Dropped on Civilians)
IBM Loves Power (and Nuclear POWER, or Expensive OpenPOWER) More Than It Loves GNU/Linux
IBM and the Bomb â Part I: How IBM Played a Technical and Diplomatic Role in the Cold War
Giving Awards to Raytheon Wonât Help Red Hatâs Image
Attacking Communities/Volunteers
Internet Tribunal Rules That IBM Has Harassed Free Software Volunteers (SLAPP)
IBM Declares Defeat/Failure, 'Shuts Down' Campaign of Anti-Richard Stallman Rhetoric (Defamation)
IBM Cannot Possibly Recover by Attacking the Software Community and Alienating Geeks
IBM and RMS Are Not Compatible
Twitter and Hacker News Are Sensitive (Updated) (Censorship by IBM)
Twitter and Hacker News Are Sensitive (Updated)
When Proprietary Software Users Dictate the Freedom-Leaning Communities
Video: The State of Communities Surrounding GNU/Linux Distributions
IBM Panics and Resorts to âCustomer Retentionâ Tactics With Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
IBM: Weâre Fighting for Ethics, But We Screw the Community for Money
With the Appalling (But Perhaps Predictable) CentOS Move IBM Showed Its True Face and Intentions
IBM Keeps Weakening Its Commitment to Developers and Software Communities
Thereâs Apparently a New Boss (or Policy) at Red Hat/IBM
Let IBM/Red Hat Lecture Us on Morality
The Rumours of North Carolina Layoffs and the Atmosphere at IBM/Red Hat Under New Management
Red Hat/IBM Got âTiredâ of RMS. Is It Getting âTiredâ of GPL/Copyleft Too?
Older Articles About IBM
2023 Onwards
Red Hat Under IBM is Lying to Us, It's Not Trustworthy Anymore
Big Blue Blues: How IBM is Betraying Red Hat Staff and the Rest of Us
In Numbers: Fedora is Becoming Orphaned (Exodus), Many Packages Lack Essential Maintainers
IBM is Killing Fedora (While It is Promoting Microsoft's Proprietary Junk)
IBM/Red Hat Fedora: Community Of Moderator-Led Harassment. (Very Family-Oriented.)
The Rumours About Another Round of Layoffs at Red Hat
Graph of IBM's Debt Helps Shed Light on the Red Hat Squeeze
9 Weeks Since Last OpenSource.com Article, But Don't Worry, IBM Says It'll be Back Any Day Now
New developments at Opensource.com 4 weeks later: NOTHING.
What IBM Does to RHEL is Neither Surprising Nor Acceptable
IBMâs War on Open (Look at the Pattern of Layoffs at Red Hat)
SiliconANGLE: Sponsored by Microsoft and Red Hat to Conduct the Marriage Ceremony
IBM Versus GNU/Linux Community (Including Fedora)
Confirmed: IBM is Shutting Down Sites of Red Hat (Staff Writers Discarded)
Almost Nobody Reporting What IBM is Doing to the Free Software Community
IBM Has Killed OpenSource.com, Rejecting the Open Source Way
It's Certainly Beginning to Seem Like Red Hat (IBM) Fired Writers and/or Editors
The Layoffs at Red Hat Validate What We've Said for Years About IBM's Hostility
2022 Onwards
Next Casualty of IBM: Red Hat's Free Software-Centric Web Sites
IBM is Outsourcing Key Parts of GNU to Microsoft Linux Foundation
2021 Onwards
Many IBM Layoffs (in Marketing), But the Media Is Not Mentioning Those Layoffs At All
Investigation Needed Into the Full Story of Jim Whitehurstâs Departure From IBM
The Patent Battles in Europe Are Connected to the War on GNU/Linux (as a Community-Led Effort)
USPTO for Monopolies, Keeping GNU/Linux in the Dark
IBM is Destroying Red Hat and Red Hatters Are Leaving
Things IBM Can Do to Help the GNU/Linux Community Instead of Trying to Monopolise Almost Everything
How the Big Banks and OIN Can Whitewash Software Patents and Do Nothing Concrete About Patent Trolls
Open Invention Network (OIN) and Big Banks: Shared Agenda
FOSDEM and Free Speech: Will It Blend?
Fake Security is Still a Real Problem, Even in the GNU/Linux (and BSD) Spheres
2020 (Patents Focus)
The Militarised Elephant in the Room Still Commands a Lot of Free Software Development
United States v IBM Archives/Resources
Fearmongering Was Originally an IBM Thing, Not a Microsoft Thing
OpenPOWER or Just White POWER?
Microsoft and IBM Are the Patent Trolls, They Wonât Protect Us From Trolls
2017
IBM Helps a Microsoft-Connected Patent Troll Create Another Trolling Branch, Known as Finjan Blue
2014
IBM Shows That Collaborations With the NSA Are a Companyâs Death Knell
2013
IBM-backed Book on âOpen Innovationâ
2012
Kappos/IBM Part of the Patent Monopolies Disease, Enabling Cartels
IBM Propaganda for Software Patents Rebutted by Masnick
IBM, Microsoft, and the BSA Promote Software Patents in New Zealand Behind the Scenes
[With IBM Executive Running the USPTO, IBM Tops Patent Monopolists List
2011
Googleâs IBM Patents Feast: Good or Bad?
IBM Brings OIN-Like Mentality to Europe
IBM PR is âShapingâ the News (and Asks to Remain Secret)
IBM Takes ODF to Another Level
Microsoft is in a Freefall, IBM Surpasses it in Value
IBM and Google Still Not Committed to Crushing Software Patents
US Justice Department Takes on the MPEG Cartel as IBM Distances Itself From Cartel Defenders
When Microsoft and IBM Met Intellectual Protectionism
EMC, IBM, HP, and SAP Dump the BSA
2010
With IBM Funding, Microsoft Software Patents Are Targeted by Peer To Patent
IBM and Tandberg Abuse Software Patents by Using Them to Rip Off Real Innovators
What IBM, Apple, and Pharmaceutical Giants Could Learn From Andre Konstantinovich Geim
Campaigner for Hire Blames IBM for Air Crash
IBM Challenges Gartner Groupâs Credibility
Antitrust Attacks on IBM Carried Out by Microsoft and its âSatellite Proxies,â According to IBM
âFlorian Mueller Appears to be Assigned to IBM Whereas Monty Seems to be Pointed at Oracle.â
IBM Should Have Gone With rPath
IBM Uses Software Patents Aggressively
Recommendations for OIN, IBM, and Florian MĂźller
IBM Might Pay Microsoft Even More for Imaginary Software Patents (in Linux) Through SUSE/Novell
OpenDocument Format (ODF) Shows That It Would Have Been Better If IBM Bought Sun
Patents Roundup: IBM, TurboHercules, Microsoft, New Zealand, Palm, and CompTIA
Why IBM Does Deserve Scrutiny (Updated)
IBM on Withdrawing Microsoftâs OOXML
GNU/Linux (or Google and IBM) is Replacing Microsoft
2009
David Kappos Can Reprimand IBM for Mocking the USPTOâs Intelligence
Patents Roundup: IBM Patents Patent Harvesting, Bilski Still in IBMâs David Kappos Hands to Decide
IBM and Open Forum Europe Address European Interoperability Framework (EIF) Fiasco
The Microsoft Lobby and Heavy Investments Put IBM in Antitrust Probe
Masters of FUD: Apple, IBM, and Microsoft
IBMâs Latest Filing Regarding SCO Bankruptcy Mentions âFraudâ
Important Precedence: IBM Threatens to Sue Microsoft Over Propaganda Site
Patents Roundup: What Bilski Means to IBM, Microsoft; Patent Trolls Still Win
Patents Roundup: IBM/Dojo, Patent Punishments, and Europeâs Race to Community(-Hostile) Patent
Microsoft Fragments ODF While Trying to Paint it as âIBM Thingâ
IBMâs Missed Opportunity to Help Free Software
Embrace, Extend, and Microsoft Wants to Toss IBM Out of ODF
Microsoft and Novell (Almost Merged) versus IBM and Sun (to be Merged)
Microsoft Pays Professor to Write a Paper Against IBMâs GNU/Linux-Powered Mainframes
Has Microsoft Just Invested in Another Lawsuit Against IBM?
2008
Memo to IBM: Enough with Software Patents, Please
IBM Vice President: Requires Silverlight? No Thanks.
Time for IBM to Take the Lead a âPull a re Bilskiâ on Software Patents
A Question About Patents: IBM, OIN, Linux Foundation, and Novell
India Might Can ISO; IBM Opposition Backed by LF, Seeks Broader Crowd
Novell, Microsoft⌠and IBM⌠Maybe Oracle Too (Part II)
Novell, Microsoft⌠and IBM⌠Maybe Oracle Too (Part I)
Did Microsoft Attack IBM by Proxy to Restrain OOXML Critics?
IBM on Open Source, Standards, and OOXML (Video)
Does IBM Keep Patent Trolls on Their Toes by Overwhelming the USPTO?
Quick Mention: No Mono for IBMâs Standards Vice President
Microsoft et al Caught Trolling â Lying About IBM and OOXML
2007
Microsoft Lobbies for OOXML Through Proxies, IBM Does Its Own Legwork
IBMâs Standards Vice President Asks About Mono-free Linux
Novell Still Behind Red Hat and IBM in Terms of Linux Contributions
IBMâs Perspective on the Novell/Microsoft Deal (Video)
IBM Uses Novell to Take Market Share From Rivals Like Oracle
Novell Sidles with IBMâs Rival, Repeats Mistakes
Speculation: IBM Will Buy Novell
2006
ECMA Open XML Approved Despite IBM Objection
Antitrust Against Microsoft
IBM's story about Microsoft is one of betrayal, abuse, and technical sabotage. There are also actions like litigation or harassment by proxy, e.g. TurboHercules vs IBM. Some of the rogue behaviour was documented in the exhibits below.
Background
IBM's software ambitions (Exhibit PLEX0_6195)
The IBM/MS partnership in action (Exhibit PX02714)
The IBM/MS partnership in action
OS/2
Microsoft for OS/2
IBM Microsoft Joint Development Agreement (Exhibit PX00004)
IBM Microsoft Joint Development Agreement
Steve Ballmer: I was enthustiac that we shipped OS/2 (Exhibit PX_8742)
Steve Ballmer: I was enthustiac that we shipped OS/2
Steve Ballmer: Our goal of making OS/2 the next generation OS (Exhibit PX00031)
Steve Ballmer: Our goal of making OS/2 the next generation OS
Bill Gates: OS/2 the next standard in personal computing (Exhibit PX00067)
Bill Gates: OS/2 the next standard in personal computing
IBM Microsoft agreement (Exhibit PX00004)
Establishing OS/2 as the dominant workstation standard (Exhibit PX00068)
Establishing OS/2 as the dominant workstation standard
Our OS /2 and a new deal for IBM (Exhibit PX04356)
Our OS /2 and a new deal for IBM
Re-code MS applications for OS/2 (Exhibit )
Re-code MS applications for OS/2
Studying OS/2
Zenith provides drivers for Microsoft OS/2 (Exhibit PX00006)
Zenith provides drivers for Microsoft OS/2
Development of a Learning OS/2 product (Exhibit PX00011)
Development of a Learning OS/2 product
The superiority of PM on OS/2 (Exhibit PX00031)
Microsoft attends the 1989 IBM PS/2 forum (Exhibit PX00082)
Microsoft attends the 1989 IBM PS/2 forum
The Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer priority list (Exhibit PX04110)
The Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer priority list
Forked tongues at Redmond (Exhibit PX04182)
OS/2 Windows comparison (Exhibit PX05065)
Attack on OS/2
Divorce is inevitable (Exhibit PX09527)
OS/2 Crush Plan (Exhibit PX02119)
Microsoft abandoned their OS/2 customers (Exhibit PX02233)
Microsoft abandoned their OS/2 customers
Our Chinese wall never existed (Exhibit px07703)
Our Chinese wall never existed
Microsoft is threatening our channel (Exhibit PX07717)
Microsoft is threatening our channel
Keeping IBM out of the OEMs (Exhibit PX09426_A)
Kempin: OS/2 is still alive (Exhibit PLEX0_2494)
Kempin: we need a hit team to attack IBM (Exhibit PLEX0_2058)
Kempin: we need a hit team to attack IBM
Pitching OS/2 FUD to the Press (Exhibit PX04115_T)
Pitching OS/2 FUD to the Press
Say WindowsPC not IBM compatible (Exhibit PX04490)
Say WindowsPC not IBM compatible
Compaq going to bundle OS/2 - bad (Exhibit PX05063)
Compaq going to bundle OS/2 - bad
EN/ES: Microsoftâs OS/2 Attack Plan (original at: "IBM's ATTACK PLAN") (Exhibit PX01116)
EN/ES: Microsoftâs OS/2 Attack Plan
More Conflicts
Take the risk against our "even playing field" (Exhibit PX09449)
Take the risk against our "even playing field"
The biggest advantage in getting involved with Microsoft (Exhibit PX00063)
The biggest advantage in getting involved with Microsoft
Windows first OS/2 eventually strategy (Exhibit PX00086)
Windows first OS/2 eventually strategy
Lessons learned from Blue Janus (Exhibits PX07456 and PX07454)
Lessons learned from Blue Janus
J. Michael to Bill Gates: port Windows app to OS/2 (Exhibit PX00086)
J. Michael to Bill Gates: port Windows app to OS/2
Marshall Goldberg: the IBM trojan horse and the PC Company (Exhibit PX04244)
Marshall Goldberg: the IBM trojan horse and the PC Company
Our spy at IBM (Exhibit PX04267)
Microsoft Lock-in
IBM on Microsoft Lock-in (Exhibit PX02282)
IBM on designated systems (Exhibit PX02452)
IBM Confidential Java Strategy Update (Exhibit PX02712)
IBM Confidential Java Strategy Update
Microsoft controls IBM's destiny (Exhibit PX04455)
Microsoft controls IBM's destiny
Also see Lotus Exhibits.
Posts:
Microsoft praises OS/2, then sabotages it
How Steve Ballmer (and Colleagues) Deliberately Sabotaged OS/2
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