On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 10:57:27PM +0200, ropers wrote: > On 26/10/06, stuartv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On 10/26/06, Johan P. Lindstrvm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> You should really get yours too, not buying the CD's will not improve > >>> the hardware support now will it? > >> > >> > >>The way it works here is "boss, I need to buy an openbsd license for each > >>openbsd box we run. It's $50 each, + shipping. Sign here please". > >> > >>Speaking of that, I need to get off my ass and buy my 4.0 licenses > >already. > >> > > > >Awww... Too late for that for me, I had to use the whole "Look Boss, it's > >free" line along with plenty of documentation that OpenBSD is as secure as > >it gets for them to let me put in the first OpenBSD box. They are pretty > >happy with them so far. I'm going to try to hit them up with the whole > >"Wouldn't it be nice to support such a great project that we use so much" > >argument as soon as things slow down here a bit and there is time to chat. > >That should work. > > > >stuart > > That's what I'm planning to do as well... but it may be a pipe dream > -- the single small department that I sysadmin for on a part time > basis took a lot of convincing to even let me put in that one OpenBSD > firewall... OTOH, if I wait half a year and we haven't gotten the > Windows 2003 server rootkitted again by that time, I may have a much > stronger case. "Look guys, this seems to be doing us some good right > here..." It prolly works in OpenBSD's advantage that the software can > be paid for after the fact. You wouldn't believe the politics and red > tape that's getting in the way of buying and deploying just about any > additional security product. "We've already got our antivirus program, > now why would we want to buy an antispyware program.?" "We're already > using Firefox, now why do we need a firewall?" Slightly embellished, > but in the broad strokes that's what took place. I am not making this > up. >
Why do you continue to work there? Sorry, I just left that sort of environment and have been kicking myself for not leaving earlier. -Damian
