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Article #319Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem
From: John Higdon
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:06
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:06
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In article <i1u0mf$h5u$2@news.eternal-september.org>, sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote: > Of course it's perfectly feasible, just as it's perfectly feasible to sue > Toyota over accelerator problems and Jack-in-the-Box over tainted food. The > fact that we've never heard of such a suit over any operating system means > that the current operating systems themselves are stable enough for mission > critical work. Then where are the examples? > But, let's say I'm running a company that depends on running servers for > e-commerce. Would I go with Microsoft, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Red Hat, or who? > I'd go first with Microsoft, then with Red Hat, and never even consider > Ubuntu > or Mandriva, even though I happen to love Ubuntu. Why? Because as a user > needing a mission critical OS, I'd always go with the vendor with the deepest > pockets. If my e-commerce got damaged I'd want to be able to sue someone who > could afford to pay me off. I use nothing but Ubuntu. My servers handle critical services for many clusters of stations (including, ironically, the entire CBS cluster in Las Vegas). I've never had the slightest problem with the OS that I couldn't solve myself. None. -- John Higdon +1 408 ANdrews 6-4400 AT&T-Free At Last
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X-Google-Thread: 110038,b1140feb57b2493a X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Thread: fa874,b1140feb57b2493a X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gidd668eef4dc,gidaa617e85ca,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!post01.iad!not-for-mail From: John Higdon <higgy@kome.com> Newsgroups: alt.cellular.attws,ba.internet Subject: Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem Organization: Technological Extortion Studies References: <i1nf5g$hbq$1@news.eternal-september.org> <i1odag$kdp$1@news.eternal-september.org> <i1ofpta0js002malch@news.sonic.net> <i1p17m$ea1$1@news.eternal-september.org> <4c4090bb$0$1623$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <higgy-B1A6AB.10285817072010@news.announcetech.com> <i1t8d9$228$1@news.eternal-september.org> <higgy-AD7E34.14592117072010@news.announcetech.com> <i1tb1f$9k1$2@news.eternal-september.org> <higgy-C303DF.16072017072010@news.announcetech.com> <i1tfe1$qq9$1@news.eternal-september.org> <higgy-DAA4F9.18303217072010@news.announcetech.com> <i1u0mf$h5u$2@news.eternal-september.org> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:06:06 -0700 Message-ID: <higgy-5158FB.23060617072010@news.announcetech.com> X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl081-070-074.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net X-Authenticated-User: john Lines: 29 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newshosting.com