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Re:Don't Use RAR by user3939382 on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:41AM (#30466225)
Hope you don’t enjoy tetris…
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Re:Don't Use RAR by rvz on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:37AM (#30466200)
and?

Everyone is using nginx and that was made by a Russian, does that mean we should stop using it?

This is why 'guilt by association' doesn't work with your 'point'.

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Re:Don't Use RAR by ismayilzadan on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:41AM (#30466227)
What if the parent comment mentioned this instead:

Also WinRAR is a closed source Russian software.

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Re:Don't Use RAR by Ygg2 on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:49AM (#30466271)
To be fair so is AIMP.
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Re:Don't Use RAR by LinuxBender on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @11:27AM (#30516175)
To add to this, it may also be worth noting that Russian developers have contributed quite heavily to Linux, BSD, Microsoft Windows and Solaris. I can only assume also MacOS.
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Re:Don't Use RAR by darkhorn on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:38PM (#30473736)
I forgot about Nginx. Thank you.
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Re:Don't Use RAR by useFAR on Friday February 25, 2022 @07:03AM (#30466363)
7z is also Russian.
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