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One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison
Databases Programming Backend
4 days ago 138.7K views 0 shares
One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison
Ah, the alternative definition of Oracle that database administrators whisper when license auditors aren't around. The company's licensing costs are so astronomical that you need venture capital funding just to run a "Hello World" query. Oracle DBAs don't have retirement plans—they just have Oracle license negotiation PTSD. The real database transaction is the money leaving your company account.

The MIT License Paradox
Programming Git
8 days ago 136.8K views 0 shares
The MIT License Paradox
The classic developer duality: "Sure, use my MIT-licensed code for anything you want!" followed by the existential crisis when someone actually does. It's like putting a "Free, take one" sign on your code and then having a meltdown when someone actually takes it. The MIT license is basically saying "here's my code, do whatever, just don't sue me" - until the theoretical becomes practical and suddenly you're questioning all your life choices. Nothing says "open source contributor" like the cognitive dissonance of wanting your work used while simultaneously feeling violated when it happens.

Silence Tech CEO
Programming Git Javascript StackOverflow Frontend
10 days ago 151.2K views 0 shares
Silence Tech CEO
When a tech CEO meets an open source developer who's about to reveal how their company's "revolutionary proprietary algorithm" is actually just forked from a GitHub repo with zero attribution. The hand gesture isn't saying "stop"—it's frantically trying to pause the conversation before the entire board meeting discovers their $50M valuation is built on npm install and Stack Overflow copypasta.

The MIT License Paradox
Programming Webdev
18 days ago 110.1K views 0 shares
The MIT License Paradox
The classic developer hypocrisy in its natural habitat! We're all for permissive licensing until someone actually exercises those permissions. "Sure, use my MIT-licensed code for anything... wait, you're SELLING it? With a different NAME?! How DARE you do exactly what I explicitly allowed!" The cognitive dissonance hits harder than a production bug on Friday afternoon. The MIT license is basically saying "do whatever you want" but our egos still can't handle seeing our precious code in someone else's commercial product. We want the street cred without the consequences of our licensing choices.

Unfortunately Named Enterprise Linux
Linux Devops Bash Programming
20 days ago 203.5K views 0 shares
Unfortunately Named Enterprise Linux
The sign makes a brilliant wordplay on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), one of the most popular enterprise Linux distributions. "Can't spell HATRED without REDHAT" is a savage burn that sysadmins who've battled RHEL licensing or compatibility issues will feel in their souls. The irony is delicious—a system designed to be reliable and enterprise-grade being associated with pure frustration. Anyone who's ever spent 3 hours trying to install a package that worked perfectly on Ubuntu knows this special kind of pain. It's the computing equivalent of stepping on a LEGO while barefoot.

Microsoft Licensing: Where Logic Goes To Die
Microsoft Devops Windows Cloud
1 month ago 167.2K views 0 shares
Microsoft Licensing: Where Logic Goes To Die
The eternal Microsoft licensing labyrinth claims another victim! Anyone who's survived a Microsoft audit knows this pain - trying to decipher their deliberately cryptic licensing rules is like trying to solve a Rubik's cube blindfolded while someone keeps changing the colors. After days of reading contradictory forum posts, conflicting official docs, and getting different answers from every MS rep, this admin finally reached enlightenment: "Screw it, I'm doing it my way." The beautiful simplicity of "one server, one license, two VMs" is the IT equivalent of finding inner peace. The best part? That defiant "Here are my 4 licenses for 4 servers with 8 VMs" stance. It's the sysadmin equivalent of telling the IRS "here's my math, fight me."

He Never Asked For My Data
Microsoft Security Windows Programming
2 months ago 202.4K views 0 shares
He Never Asked For My Data
OMG, the AUDACITY of people romanticizing Clippy in 2023! 💅 That paperclip assistant from Microsoft Office was literally THE ORIGINAL PRIVACY INVADER before it was cool! While we're all losing our minds about apps tracking our every move, Clippy was just sitting there, innocently bouncing around our Word documents, NOT asking for our age, NOT canceling our perpetual licenses, and NOT demanding our location. THE HORROR! A digital assistant that just... helped?! Without stealing our data?! What a concept! *dramatically faints onto keyboard*

Oracle Being Oracle
Databases Programming Backend
3 months ago 218.3K views 0 shares
Oracle Being Oracle
The corporate structure at Oracle perfectly captured in one diagram! While Engineering sits in a tiny, neat box with a handful of people, the Legal department sprawls into this massive, exponentially growing tree of doom. Anyone who's dealt with Oracle licensing knows this pain—you need 17 lawyers to understand their terms, but only 4 engineers to build the actual product. The licensing complexity is their true innovation! No wonder developers run screaming when they hear "Oracle audit." It's not a database company with a legal department; it's a legal department with a database side-hustle.

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Screw You Broadcom
Docker Devops Kubernetes Programming Cloud
3 months ago 284.9K views 3 shares
Screw You Broadcom
The entire tech world got a rude awakening when Broadcom decided to change Docker's licensing model after August 28th. Suddenly, all those carefully crafted container images and deployment charts became the digital equivalent of a ticking time bomb. It's like showing up to work and finding out your entire infrastructure is now sitting on a subscription paywall. Five years of DevOps culture built on "containers everywhere!" and then corporate suits decided your free lunch was over. The digital tower of Babel we've all been building? Yeah, that's now resting on Broadcom's quarterly earnings expectations.

The Gold-Plated Matlab Subscription
Programming Algorithms Math Python
3 months ago 194.8K views 0 shares
The Gold-Plated Matlab Subscription
BEHOLD! The tragic tale of every Matlab developer's financial nightmare! The meme shows a poor soul LITERALLY MINING their way through solid rock with nothing but a pickaxe while the golden outhouse of Matlab licensing sits smugly above. Like, sweetie, you could just use Python for FREE, but instead you're down there digging through ACTUAL EARTH like some kind of code peasant! The Matlab overlords are up there charging you the GDP of a small nation for basic toolboxes while you're breaking your back trying to plot a simple histogram. The AUDACITY! This is why we can't have nice things in scientific computing!

The Digital Aristocracy
Windows
4 months ago 169.4K views 0 shares
The Digital Aristocracy
Ah, the rare sight of someone who actually paid for WinRAR. The nobility of the 18th century had powdered wigs and fancy coats. The nobility of the digital age? People who click "Buy" instead of "Close" on that 40-day trial reminder that's been popping up since 1997. Truly the aristocracy of our time.

VSphere Is Still Pretty Great, But...
Cloud Devops Windows Linux
4 months ago 213.9K views 0 shares
VSphere Is Still Pretty Great, But...
Server admin calmly stating "vSphere is still pretty great" until someone mentions "BROADCOM." Then the rage sets in. It's like mentioning printer drivers at an IT party - instant mood killer. For the uninitiated, Broadcom acquired VMware (maker of vSphere) and proceeded to change licensing models faster than developers change their minds about frameworks. Nothing says "enterprise stability" like your virtualization provider getting acquired and immediately making your budget explode.