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		jiggawatts on July 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing f... Big-vendor hardware: Sure it costs 1.5-2.0x as much as white-box equipment, but you're paying for the support! ... later... "Can I get that support that I paid double for?" "Oh no, for that you need enterprise support, that's extra!"

zrobotics on July 28, 2020 [–]

Honestly, that last line reads exactly like something from BOFH[0], right before he gets the PFY to commit some heinous act of domestic terrorism on the unsuspecting enterprise support salesman. Some things apparently never change.

[0]https://www.theregister.com/data_centre/bofh/

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