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FreeBSD 6.4 Released 64

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 02, 2008 @10:14AM from the unsung-but-nicely-free dept.

hmallett writes "FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE, the fifth release from the 6-STABLE branch of FreeBSD development, is now available. In addition to being hosted at many FTP sites, ISO images can be downloaded via the BitTorrent tracker, or for users of earlier FreeBSD releases, FreeBSD Update can be used to perform a binary upgrade."

Submission + - Post on Myspace - get a brick through your window

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xfletch

on Friday December 22, 2006 @09:19PM

xfletch writes: "Steve Beall moved to a new job as manager of a chocolate store in the picturesque northern english Industrial town of Barrow in Furness. After a miserable week he posts a comment to his Myspace Blog "Well then what else is there to say about Barrow-in-Furness apart from it's a s**t hole!!". The next thing he knows the local newpaper has picked up his comment and made it headline news, and his store gets smashed up by the locals. I have always said how much I liked Barrow-in-Furness. Really."

Submission + - Why has Microsoft avoided liability lawsuits?

Submitted by ultimai on Friday December 22, 2006 @09:02PM

ultimai writes: While doing research to start my own computer consultancy business, I ran into errors & omissions liability insurance and how it was a big must for anyone doing any sort of consultancy work. But it also made me ask why Microsoft (or a lot of other software companies) have avoided error liability lawsuits from bugs causing millions in damage? From their reputation as a maker of faulty software, the laws of different jurisdictions, the shaky legal status of EULAs and other such things, hasn't there been ANY high profile lawsuits? Does a few magical sections in their EULA shield them from this type of legal threat? Or do they do something like auto manufacturers with their secret warranty programs?

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