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Nothing? Really? Nothing? Nothing in the entire existence of the universe ever beats a free service? OK then...
It's a phrase, a commonly used one in English, obviously not nothing in the entire universe.
GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in Iran
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They probably did not want to have their CEO nabbed by police in the Vancouver airport for extradition on sanctions violations. You might want to see what happened with Huawei, who aren’t even a US company.
If Huawei wants to do business in the US economy, they can do so but have to abide by the rules. They can also choose to do business with Iran instead, but not both.
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If Huawei wants to do business in the US economy, they can do so but have to abide by the rules. They can also choose to do business with Iran instead, but not both.
It appears that you are pretty much the only one who gets it. At least from anyone who responded. I find it rather shameful, that apparently everyone who responded to my question, did so by explaining that a US company has to abide by US law. You don't say! That was never the question, but apparently even reading is even too much to ask from people these days. Of course US companies have to follow US laws. But if tha…
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There's definitely an argument that GitHub is one of the primary reasons that Git beat Mercurial.
I've used Mercurial. It sucks compared to Git. And not because I can't use it on GitHub.
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Money and skills are ALWAYS problems. Those are "cheap" and "fast" of the "cheap, fast, good, pick two".
> Money and skills are ALWAYS problems. Those are "cheap" and "fast" of the "cheap, fast, good, pick two". Those are not problems, those are trade-offs. OP is right, you could be in a position in which those trade-offs dont apply to you (i.e. by buying a "expensive" but great solution, this happens all the time in all the industries) or you could sacrifice one item (say speed) in your solution if this is not a proble…
> problem (n) 1a: a question raised for inquiry, consideration, or solution