We're using ESE NT in our product and I'd like to say it's a great DB. Yes, it's have some limitation and quirks, but overall it's great DB. For us killing feature is efficient handling of binary BLOB columns.
AFAIK original was "cvs annotate" [1]. Subversion introduced "svn blame" and "svn praise" aliases for "svn annotate" as some kind of joke. It's funny that git only has "git blame".
You should just ask for refund. I've the similar story, Uber suggested credit. But immediately issued refund once I declined credit and asked to refund money back to my credit card.
My favorite quote:
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Greg Sullivan, lead product manager for Microsoft's Windows client division, says that the computing community as a whole has benefited from the Web's standardization around Internet Explorer. Competing platforms would have meant that developers would have had to duplicate their efforts more often, he said.
"There is benefit to everybody who's involved," Sullivan said. "In general, a standard is very useful, whether it's de facto or du jour. It enables a level of consistency and a level of investment and minimizes some of the redundancy that can occur."
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The actual speed "limit" on those streets is definitely no higher than 30km/h, regardless of what the signs say. If I drove 60 there I hope I'd lose my license for reckless driving.
