I wholeheartedly agree.

I've worked for a few tech companies before they went public - while they were awesome to work for - and each time the Street took over it was literally the worst thing for the rank and file. Before, we were able to pick our clients, pick our peers, etc., and felt like we had some say in the way things got done. The moment they went public, all of that went poof - and the companies went downhill, fast. Not necessarily in the amount of money they made - but they burned out their good people and we all left. Each time, leaving behind a dead, souless giant beholden to the death grip of the Street.

They all eventually die, and small companies form around the little customers the monster giants forgot while they went after the huge whales. It's a never ending cycle it seems...

No, you can't downgrade SMB3.1.1 to any lower protocol with a MITM attack. That was one of the fixes in SMB3.1.1.

Google "Pre-authentication integrity in SMB 3.1.1"

https://interopevents.blob.cor...

SMB3 can't be downgraded or compromised by dictionary attack.

SMB3 actually *is* safer, due to the cryptographic protection meaning you can't MITM downgrade it.

No, Synology and QNAP are active bug reporters to the Samba project. I fix bugs for them both on a regular basis. Funnily enough, the Apple client engineers are also very active Samba bug reporters :-).

Many more than 20 people and it will require more $$$ for the time-slices by the AI they've tasked to monitor and monetize your interactions and conversations. /s. kinda..

They still refuse to make an electric motorcycle. Sigh...

Have you actually *read* the GPLv2 ? I'm assuming not based on your statement. The GPLv2 text is here:

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/o...

Please note the following statement copied *DIRECTLY FROM THE TEXT ABOVE*:

"The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable."

Please note the last sentence containing the words: "plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable."

Thanks for your reading comprehension.

I didn't have these handy when I posted this originally.

PDF of the full legal complaint. It's really nicely written (IMHO) and IANAL of course :-).

https://sfconservancy.org/docs...

Press kit:

https://shoestring.agency/wp-c...

Really nice non-technical write up from sjvn (yeah I know /. is a technical crowd, but it's nice to be able to have something to use to explain to non-technical friends):

https://www.zdnet.com/article/...

Only if you have an active internet connection. The moment you lose wireless it becomes a giant, useless immobile paperweight...

This wouldn't even be a consideration or issue if the credit card companies allowed you to tell that auto-charges to your bill should be canceled, as you have notified the business of your intent to cancel and they should deny and future charges.

For some cards I have found this to be EXTREMELY difficult.