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This particular complaint is that they are just rebranding OEM hardware, so you might as well just buy the OEM hardware.

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The OEM hardware does not have our custom firmware, our WiFi and drive selection, our testing, or our support.

Those things may not all be perfect, but they do make a big difference.

Aren't you the same fellow who suggested to me a few months ago that Redox was a realistic, superior alternative to running OpenBSD in production?

He made a simple statement that he believes his company provides additional value over the OEM machines.

You may or may not find it compelling, but I don't see the relevance of Redox.

I never said anything of the sort, and would be surprised if you could provide any evidence of this.

Redox is not ready for production and I am not hesitant to admit so.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15843918 Feel free to read the two parent comments and the responses to the one linked.

That appears to be him asking a question. Its not evidence for any of your claims.

If the creator of a toy operating system has to ask why his toy operating system isn't a competitor of something that's been run in production for 20 years, it either isn't a question or something worse.

But it's nice to know that I can just phrase all of my statements in the form of a question and then I can never be held accountable for stating them.

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