Do you use it? On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 02:19:05PM -0700, Patrick R. Wade wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 02:06:34PM -0700, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > > > > ><rant> > >If you're really interested in learning Unix, and learning it correctly > >by studying audited (not just "security" audited, but plain bug audited, > >since many security related bugs start life as seemingly innocuous but > >sloppy code) sources (this is OpenSource, right?), and referencing > >up-to-date man pages that actually have examples in them, then install > >OpenBSD, and use it. Then you'll be able to help others who are stuck > >behind (or rather in front of) their "Oh so sweet" frontends, binary > >packages, and bloated, poorly documented software. > ></rant> > > > > <inserts tongue into cheek> > Well heck, while you're at it, why are you using a thirty-year-old > cruftball OS that's been deprecated by its original authors? One that > still supports such security holes as "root" accounts, lame networked > file systems, all-or-nothing authentication, crackable passwords, and > bundled software from a bunch of pot-smoking UCB undergrads? Why not > move up to a next-generation efficient coherently designed OS, with > *zero* security exploits in TWELVE YEARS of deployment? > http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/9.html > </insert> > > -- > UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this > IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED, ESPECIALLY to COMPUTER > BULLETIN BOARDS. >
