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One thing is certain for me

One thing is certain for me

Posted Oct 1, 2005 3:14 UTC (Sat) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)
Parent article: Mercurial loses a developer

If anyone ever asks me about BitKeeper, I will tell them to stear clear of that crap - it's too poisonous to touch.

This whole thing is a good lesson to many people: read your EULAs carefully, because all kinds of idiotic promises are being asked. And this is not just related to BK/LM. Companies like Cisco ask you to promise to spy on people if you want to download their software.

So, one thing is certain me. Wherever and whenever I can, I will propose to replace proprietary software with open source. Less headache, more freedom.


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