On Dec 13, 2010, at 5:02 AM, lheck...@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

>> They are OK with the roll-your-own style of Gentoo?
>> 
>> Especially with it's cutting edge versions, bugs, security holes and the 
>> only way to overcome them is to upgrade to an even newer version that may 
>> break compatibility, introduce new bugs, zero-day vulnerabilities, the list 
>> goes on and on.
> 
> So, you are saying that other OSes, even other Linux distributions, have no
> bugs, security holes, compatibility issues and zero-days? Looks like we don't
> need M$ to spread FUD about Linux, we're well capable of doing it ourselves ;)

You got me all wrong here. I'm only saying that in Gentoo

>> Gentoo is a great distro for learning Linux, in a computer lab, or for a 
>> home hobbyist, but not quite enterprise stable.
> 
> There are in fact people who run Gentoo in the Enterprise, and it's up to the
> sysadmin to decide which upgrade policies to implement. While this would not
> necessarily be my personal choice, it's perfectly legit. As is running Windows
> should the powers that be require it.
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