Topic: Free Software

A whistleblower from Iowa revealed that the state's CTO signed a contract to provide CrowdStrike's Falcon application to municipalities for free, leading to a 75% adoption rate and widespread exposure during the outage. The segment also revisits the 2016 DNC server investigation, noting CrowdStrike's long-standing and controversial ties to political and intelligence entities.

John C. Dvorak explains why free software advocate Richard Stallman has not appeared on his show, Cranky Geeks. Stallman reportedly demands that hosts use the term "GNU/Linux" exclusively and refuses to compromise on specific terminology. The hosts debate whether accommodating such requests is worth the effort to secure an interview with the controversial figure.