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Re:MinIO (apparently) becomes source-only by bee_rider on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @10:19PM (#45677460)
I don’t think that’s what they were going for. They said “ I'd be pissed if I had to pay $0.10 every time I turned a rachet” so the person turning the ratchet is the one paying. Who they pay to is unknown.
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Re:MinIO (apparently) becomes source-only by cyanydeez on Thursday October 23, 2025 @03:09PM (#45685610)
ok, but the ratchet isn't what's being paid. It's the labor. The ratchet is irrevelent. It's the time it takes. And it's the POV.
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Re:MinIO (apparently) becomes source-only by bee_rider on Thursday October 23, 2025 @10:50PM (#45690222)
It isn’t clear if you are trying to improve the original poster’s analogy, come up with your own, or change something about mine.

But, regardless, my main point was that describing the software in terms of a ratchet is not very helpful because hardware and software are different types of things.

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