Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Sep 2003 13:22:42 +0100 (BST) | From | Bernd Schmidt <> | Subject | Re: Fix for wrong OOM killer trigger? |
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Larry McVoy wrote: > > The problem is that you are saying that closed source is bad,
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> Sooner or later, I expect the more reasonable people out there to explain > to you that your actions are hurting them and maybe they'll help you > decide which is more important, getting at the data you want, in a timely > manner, without a license, or doing negative advertising against us. > If the other folks don't care enough to do that then that's fine, the > gateways are not important and you can whine all you want but you'll be > back to waiting for tarball releases and we can save some money.
Thank you for demonstrating exactly _why_ closed source software is bad. Your posts clearly show that with a closed-source solution, you put yourself at the mercy of a single vendor, and have to put up with whatever demands and threats he feels like making.
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