[mythtv-users] OT: Google - big brother? or I going mad?
Jeff Jensen
jjensen at apache.org
Wed Sep 15 23:01:12 UTC 2010
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:51:54 -0500
"mike at grounded.net" <mike at grounded.net> wrote:
>>> But it makes me very uneasy to take advantage of all
>>>these "free"
>>> services, anything "free" usually turns out to be worth
>>> the cost, or to actually cost much more in the end.
>>
>> Kinda funny reading that on a mailinglist meant for
>>discussing a free
>> software product :)
>
> Actually, he's got one heck of a point. I've been using
>Linux since 1991 and open source projects in countless
>networking setups.
> In networking, the costs saved are absolutely incredible
>while on projects like this, simply buying something that
>works right out of the box DOES save a TON of time and
>money.
>
> I don't even have a fully working box yet and I've
>already spent enough that I could have bought a top of
>the line purpose built box that would have been working
>since day one. All I have to show at the moment is a lot
>of money spent, an even larger amount of time spent and
>still nothing fully working.
>
> He's got a VERY good point :).
Of course, but Myth voluteers aren't snooping on my stuff
(well, that I'm aware of anyways ;-).
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/15/124230/Google-Engineer-Spied-On-Teen-Users
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