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:The Register: The Only Thing Worse than Flying is Open Source Code
The Register: The Only Thing Worse than Flying is Open Source Code
Dec 2, 2005, 04 :00 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (9798 reads)

(Other stories by Otto Z. Stern)

"The only thing as goat-rendering awful as flying has to be the progression of open source code.

"Travel to any open source love site, and you'll find the freedom fly boys gooing over how quickly they deliver bug fixes, patches and the like. Meanwhile, I'm sitting here typing away on a 128-processor Unix SMP armed with an ultrasonic file system and jet-fueled partitioning system, wondering when the Linux freaks are going to solve their Ubuntu versus Mandriva color scheme debate or maybe even write a printer driver so that something I buy actually works with my open sores PC..."

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Im getting rid of every trace of open so ...   im switching to windows   
bman
Dec 2, 2005, 06:50:15
 
I'm wondering - how come you even po ...   Why post this?   
Henrik Ręder Clausen
Dec 2, 2005, 08:50:19
 
The microsoft FUD campain has been reduc ...   Sad   
Bilbo
Dec 2, 2005, 09:14:28
 
Either it is early, or this is the most  ...   Drivel....   
ebpowell
Dec 2, 2005, 12:49:20
 
> Im getting rid of every trace of open  ...   Re: im switching to windows   
anonymous
Dec 2, 2005, 19:17:16
 
I'm wondering - how come you even po ...   Re: Why post this?   
Ad Overloaded
Dec 2, 2005, 20:27:51
 
... the URL that takes you to Otto's ...   If it was intended as humor...   
Richard N. Turner
Dec 2, 2005, 21:19:55
 
The british have a really sarcastic wit, ...   Relax, it's a joke   
Jimmy the Geek
Dec 2, 2005, 22:01:57
 
haha - thanks for that. I missed it the  ...   Re: If it was intended as humor...   
Alan
Dec 2, 2005, 23:21:52
 
 I'm wondering - how come you even p ...   Re: Why post this?   
Zoki
Dec 5, 2005, 10:43:54
 
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