In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Wiltshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I guess my (original) point was that while MS used to really drag the chain
>on security issues (not sure if they could even spell the word), they have
>come up to the standard of other vendors in the last 12 months or so in
>relation to bugfixes and admitting fault.
Which brings up the question... why run a firewall on an operating system
you don't have the source code for? As you say, all vendors drag their
feet when it's bugfix time.
This doesn't mean "free operating systems", necessarily. BSDI still ships
source licenses, though they charge a bomb for them, and DEC^WDigital^WCompaq
at least *used to* provide VMS source.
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