Java problem

[Craig White]

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.
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you wouldn't - I see it as vastly different

Craig