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Comment · 15 years ago
Comment · 15 years ago
Anyone buying that would be a complete idiot.

So yes, it might work.

Comment · 15 years ago
But... nobody can guarantee that. Have you never used paid software?

I mean sure, I can take your money. I can promise you things. So what?

And why the hell was I downmodded for asking a legit question? Is this place falling into reddit land?

Comment · 15 years ago
Why do you insist on paying for a free thing?
Comment · 15 years ago
Some light at the end of the tunnel: Russia decided to scrap the whole system this year! I hope they will stick with that absolutely brilliant decision.
Comment · 15 years ago
No, all of them had, and most still do. People don't seem to realize how freaking old and complicated those things are.
Comment · 15 years ago
Macs have the same problem. You can't get a mac without OS X.
Comment · 15 years ago
All the commercial DBs have similar issues. Just deal with them and go on.
Comment · 15 years ago
He capitalized on the idea that the consumer is not allowed to choose the operating system of the computer they buy. That idea hasn't yet faded.

That's why I hate Microsoft.

Comment · 15 years ago
Linux (the kernel) actually has manpages? Are you sure? I've never seen any.

Case in point: check the output of lsmod. How many of those modules have a corresponding manpage? My guess: zero.

Same question for a BSD system (with lsmod changed to kldstat or whatever): all of them.

Comment · 15 years ago
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wireless&se...

I like Linux in practice, but one must admit that BSDs' manuals are way better.

Comment · 15 years ago
Come on, it's the Basic of this decade.
Comment · 15 years ago
Cheap more probably equals unskilled. That's all it boils down to.
Comment · 15 years ago
Whoa.

Might there be an inkling of a hope that they'll go in with this one?

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