On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 18:53 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > > ---- > >>> 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.). > > ---- > > 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. ---- you wouldn't - I see it as vastly different Craig
