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Comment Re:Advertising disguised as history lesson. (Score 1) 244

And SCCS was far from the first version control system. The major features SCCS introduced was automatic generation of the change files (thanks to diff) which made it much easier to use, and (made possible as a result) keeping the latest version as the "base" version, so applying the change files produced earlier versions, instead of later ones - that produced much better performance for the most common task, getting the latest version.

Comment Re:money talks, freedom walks (Score 1) 185

The reason various governments complained is that RIM is/was more secure than any other company. Now they are no worse than anyone else, better in some situations. The only way to guarantee security is to provide your own encryption (using standard methods, of course). And since we are now being shepherded into closed platforms (thanks, Steve Jobs), that is virtually impossible.

Comment Why print using e-mail?? (Score 0) 397

Why would anyone want to print using e-mail? If I print something, it is because I want it on paper, and to get it I have to be near the printer. If I am near the printer, I don't need to use e-mail. I can't imagine any reason for using e-mail o print that would compensate for getting spam.

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