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They even fuck over their own customers by locking away documentation and firmware updates behind a support contract paywall.
by crest 3y ago
They even fuck over their own customers by locking away documentation and firmware updates behind a support contract paywall.
- pjmlp 3y agoSadly, I have wasted many hours reading HP-UX documentation, and also hunting the Modula-2+ and Modula-3 papers, as per Compaq and DEC Olivetti acquisitions.
- flopsamjetsam 3y ago> hunting the Modula-2+ and Modula-3 papers, as per Compaq and DEC Olivetti acquisitions The programming languages? What's the story there, were they acquired?
- johnvanommen 3y ago> They even fuck over their own customers by locking away documentation and firmware updates behind a support contract paywall. I used to work for HPE on their OpenStack team, and getting support, even as an employee, basically required me to have a rolodex full of engineers all over the world. A tremendous amount of troubleshooting was just looking up who had committed code, then tracking them down when something blew up.