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Re:The 12 step process to download Microsoft SQL Server Expr... by worklogin on Monday June 16, 2014 @11:12AM (#7899459)
The inevitable "Hacker News Devil's Advocate" post.

Yes, the OP is complaining about marketing pages, because he doesn't want to deal with marketing! He wants the danged download!

If there's something wrong with that, go for it, but having to use Google to get to a download page from a vendor shouldn't be the 'solution'.

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Re:The 12 step process to download Microsoft SQL Server Expr... by BrentOzar on Monday June 16, 2014 @03:02PM (#7900823)
> Yes, the OP is complaining about marketing pages, because he doesn't want to deal with marketing!

If you go to Shell.com to buy gas, you're going to be disappointed.

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Re:The 12 step process to download Microsoft SQL Server Expr... by emacdona on Monday June 16, 2014 @03:33PM (#7900998)
Quite a misleading analogy. If you go to <any site>.com to buy <anything that can't be downloaded or legally mailed to you>, you're going to be disappointed.

Should we have the same expectations for downloadable software that we do for gasoline (or any product that can't be downloaded or shipped)?

I say "no", but that's something we could disagree on.

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