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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Joel Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: This FOSS Thang :-) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:19:57 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 70 Message-ID: <1ie0vi945pg3npq5mrb155agts5r92aqmr@4ax.com> References: <17bbfffbc79db17b$324$3037545$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8792a55da4aaff2e81d7bc7fb728e8f7"; logging-data="283589"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19mzpqi7gQkQ0mfJCi4sfxk0R+E504zDQg=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:JrnebMa5gzmXSqfmTJwYz2BGEnI= OS: Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon, with Wine 9.0 for WinAPI Bytes: 3883 Nuxxie wrote: >On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:00:37 -0500, Physfitfreak wrote: > >> Money in the software business is never an issue for the customer. If >> they do what they're supposed to do, and nothing more than that, openly >> or subterraneanly, the money paid is well, well, well worth it. So this >> "FOSS" thing everybody here is pro or con about, should really be just >> "OSS". The issue, always, is the _abuse_ that the user experiences in >> using them. > >No. The issue has always been about QUALITY. > >With few exceptions, FOSS products are far superior to any commercial >offerings, and of those few exceptions most are available as GNU/Linux >versions. > >Anyone who doubts this just does not understand how to effectively >utilize either computers or software. > >I have an in-depth knowledge of digital computation and I use FOSS >products exclusively, both for my extensive avocational projects and >for my equally extensive business ($$$$$) purposes (for which I make >BIG BUCKS). > >The superior quality of FOSS has been true since the very beginning >in 1998 or thereabouts. > >But it is also true that commercial software is a complete racket. >Commercial products do not so much abuse as they gouge the naive >user at every opportunity. The subscription model is an excellent >example of this practice. I've been to companies that pay $100 per >month subscription fees for software that isn't even worth $20 to purchase >outright. There is no doubt. Commercial software is a racket and >it's only going to get worse in the future. > >In conclusion: > >1) FOSS is far superior to commercial products and anyone who disagrees >is only revealing his total digital stupidity. > >2)Commercial software is basically an extortion racket. If the user >cancels his subscription then all his accumulated data will vaporize -- >unless of course he purchases a data extraction service for a hefty >fee. > >P.S. Since I don't own a smart phone, one of my clients gave me an >Android (i.e. Google) phone to handle 2-factor authentication. Holy >moley! I could not believe the total garbage that is contained therein! >The user has absolutely no control of anything. I always keep it turned >off except for those few minutes that I need it. But once again, the >face of commercialism revels its ugly and exploitive face. Get some real drugs, fairy. -- Joel W. Crump Amendment XIV Section 1. [...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.