On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 03:42:45 -0400 "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/19/2017 02:47 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote > > > Unfortunately, that comes at too high high a price for many of us. > > But the cheaper systems are riddled with unexaminable firmware. > > There's no good technical reason why this should be the case. We > > end up resenting it but settling for it because it's what we can > > afford. > I thought the average sysadmin made 80K+? even in poor areas of US/EU Classy! Average cost to raise each child from age 0 thru 17 is $233,610 (http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/09/pf/cost-of-raising-a-child-2015/index.html). This does not include college. It's just possible there are people on this list who prioritize saving for their kids' college education or extra-curricular activities over squeezing out that last tiny bit of proprietary design. SteveT Steve Litt September 2017 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical Troubleshooting Brand new, second edition http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
