Java problem
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Sun Dec 30 00:53:10 UTC 2007
Craig White wrote:
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>>> No, Apple has perfected the notion of re-selling you the same software
>>> over and over again, ahem, Leopard, iWork and my current favorite story
>>> of Apple saying FU to their customers...BootCamp (we told you all along
>>> it was Beta...too bad it expired and now you have to pay to upgrade).
>> At least you can pay them and get what you want (and time machine is
>> kind of cute). With Linux they just say you can't ever have it (zfs) or
>> you install dozens and dozens of kernels hoping one will finally work
>> (firewire, etc.).
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> paying scum suckers that give you free software that dies so that you
> have to purchase an upgrade that actually doesn't have the date time
> bomb has been a personal vexation from me ever since the days when BPI
> sold accounting software written in BASIC. Something about companies
> that use drug dealers as role models...
>
> Viva le choice
I don't see this as conceptually much different than getting something
claiming to be java that isn't with fedora but the real thing with paid
RHEL/support.
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Les Mikesell
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