Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-17 Thread Lars Noodén
Paul de Weerd wrote: [snip] Depending on the origin and contents of the presentation you can : 1) Tell the originator to stop sending you MS docs In the long run, this is the most advantageous. PDF/A is an option for read-only. For those stuck on legacy applications and a need

Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread Tomas Bodzar
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/air-force-mater.html

Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread Tim Post
On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 10:21 +0100, Tomas Bodzar wrote: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/air-force-mater.html That reminds me of a story where investigators were stumped for 3 months trying to get data off a 1541 5.25 drive connected to a Commodore 64. I wish I could find the link to it.

Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread LÉVAI Dániel
On 2008. May 16. 11:59:33 Tim Post wrote: On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 10:21 +0100, Tomas Bodzar wrote: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/air-force-mater.html That reminds me of a story where investigators were stumped for 3 months trying to get data off a 1541 5.25 drive connected to a

Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread michael enoma aghayere
I'm not so worried about that particular project (for obvious reasons), but I have been putting together a plan to move anything that talks to the world to OBSD. Then, when everyone will use OpenBSD, and have calmed down, the devs will unhide a super-secret secretly hidden remote

Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread Travers Buda
* L?VAI D?niel [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-05-16 13:40:13]: On 2008. May 16. 11:59:33 Tim Post wrote: On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 10:21 +0100, Tomas Bodzar wrote: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/air-force-mater.html That reminds me of a story where investigators were stumped for 3 months

Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Travers Buda wrote: Well, in a way, diversity of operating systems is a good thing in terms of security. However, if the diverse population is made up of buggy crap, then you see less of a benefit. The worst case scenario is when you have a single operating system having a majority, and being

Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread chefren
Hello Daniel, On 5/16/08 8:54 PM, Daniel Ouellet wrote: I know at time it was said that OpenBSD is not for everything, but so far, I still haven't find anything that I need that OpenBSD can't shine doing. Not to challenge you or anyone else personally: What's the best program to look at

Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread Rico Secada
On Fri, 16 May 2008 22:35:00 +0200 chefren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know at time it was said that OpenBSD is not for everything, but so far, I still haven't find anything that I need that OpenBSD can't shine doing. I can almost second that except for the few cases in which we really need to

Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Rico Secada wrote: On Fri, 16 May 2008 22:35:00 +0200 chefren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know at time it was said that OpenBSD is not for everything, but so far, I still haven't find anything that I need that OpenBSD can't shine doing. I can almost second that except for the few cases in

Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread Floor Terra
On Fri, 16 May 2008, chefren wrote: Hello Daniel, On 5/16/08 8:54 PM, Daniel Ouellet wrote: I know at time it was said that OpenBSD is not for everything, but so far, I still haven't find anything that I need that OpenBSD can't shine doing. Not to challenge you or anyone else personally:

Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread Paul de Weerd
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:35:00PM +0200, chefren wrote: Hello Daniel, On 5/16/08 8:54 PM, Daniel Ouellet wrote: I know at time it was said that OpenBSD is not for everything, but so far, I still haven't find anything that I need that OpenBSD can't shine doing. Not to challenge you or

Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread Rico Secada
On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:48:47 -0400 Daniel Ouellet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rico Secada wrote: On Fri, 16 May 2008 22:35:00 +0200 chefren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know at time it was said that OpenBSD is not for everything, but so far, I still haven't find anything that I need that

Re: Time for OBSD everywhere?

2008-05-16 Thread Tim Post
On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 23:26 +0200, Rico Secada wrote: On Fri, 16 May 2008 22:35:00 +0200 chefren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know at time it was said that OpenBSD is not for everything, but so far, I still haven't find anything that I need that OpenBSD can't shine doing. I can almost