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What is the worse vendor you have worked with? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 months ago by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/sysadmin@lemmy.world

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[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oracle. We weren't even a customer. We just had an ip space with a bunch of customers on it. Yhey tried to claim we needed to pay for all their virtualbox downloads since we weren't a home isp.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If Oracle calls you, hang up immediately

[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why do people use VirtualBox when there are great FOSS alternatives?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

I use VirtualBox on Windows 10 at home, simply because it is easy and free.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

...such as? I also use VB on windows at home; it's what I have always used since a teen, because there were basically no free alternatives

[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

KVM/QEMU

[–] marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Use Hyper-V on Windows and the CLI on linux