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Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking

From Homer <usenet@slated.org>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking
Date 2016-04-08 18:59 +0100
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On Tuesday 05/04/2016 3:29 AM, -hh wrote:
> An interesting read on one of those Linux IoT's:
> 
> 
> <https://medium.com/@arlogilbert/the-time-that-tony-fadell-sold-me-a-container-of-hummus-cb0941c762c1#.oleyuakbe>

Blaming "Linux" for a company ending its service, is like blaming the
steel industry because your car manufacturer no longer provides
replacement parts.

"Linux" is just one of the many components Nest used to deliver its
service. There's no evidence to suggest that it (or rather Google) would
not have ended that service, had it been using any other operating
system in place of that component, nor would it have altered the outcome.

The moral of this story is, if you want to guarantee unrestricted
utilisation of your own property, do not hand power of attorney for that
property over to some profit-oriented service provider, who can and will
terminate service when it no longer suits his financial objective. Use
self-hosted solutions instead.

This applies equally to Microsoft's Cloud services as it does to
Google's, or any other.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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Another Linux company - - product bricking -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-04 19:29 -0700
  Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-05 09:28 -0400
    Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Me Sham <osirus47@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-05 07:29 -0700
      Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-05 10:33 -0400
        Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-05 10:58 -0400
          Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-05 11:33 -0400
        Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Me Sham <osirus47@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-05 08:21 -0700
          Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-05 11:38 -0400
            Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Evilheart <up@yourfat.ass> - 2016-04-05 18:29 -0400
            Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-06 03:33 -0700
  re: Another Linux company - - product bricking "1 eyed chicken" <chicken@gmail.com> - 2016-04-06 20:54 +0200
    Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-06 15:26 -0400
    Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-06 14:15 -0700
      Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-06 17:37 -0400
        Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking "Henry" <henry@alpha.org> - 2016-04-08 13:53 +0200
  Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-04-08 18:59 +0100
    Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Me Sham <osirus47@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-08 11:14 -0700
    Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-08 14:48 -0400
      Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-08 15:23 -0400
      Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-08 13:46 -0700
      Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-11 07:18 -0500
        Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2016-04-11 13:33 +0100
          Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-11 09:49 -0400
            Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-11 10:43 -0400
              Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-11 09:59 -0700
                Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-11 13:06 -0400
                Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-11 11:20 -0700
                Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-11 14:22 -0400
                Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-12 04:58 -0700
                Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Me Sham <osirus47@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-12 05:51 -0700
                Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-12 15:43 +0000
                Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-12 13:48 -0400
                Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-12 12:36 -0400
              Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Silver Slimer <fat.linux.loser@linux.is.sh.it> - 2016-04-11 19:31 -0400
    Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-08 13:14 -0700
      Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-08 16:15 -0400
        Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-04-08 13:54 -0700
          Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-08 20:14 -0400
            Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-08 20:22 -0400
      Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-04-10 01:28 +0100
        Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking Omar <omarsayeed@linuxmail.org> - 2016-04-09 20:33 -0400
          Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2016-04-12 12:50 -0500
        Re: Another Linux company - - product bricking JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2016-04-12 12:49 -0500

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