NewsForge has an interesting article on why Linux is starting to make
sense for commercial developers.
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/25/123240
My main concern as a potential admin of binary-only software on a linux
system is how to install/remove/run it without granting it undue privilege
on the the systems on which it's installed and the systems those systems
are connected to.
Many people, including some of those listed in the talkbacks of the
article in question seem to think that linux users are a bunch of whiny
gripers who are against paying for software. Something that being around
this group has made me think is only slightly less than half-true.
I'd like to hear you all's opinions on the matter.
also suggestions about how to lockdown various package managers so they
can't read/write to parts of the system you don't want them to.
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