> > ... and this is supposed to generate a bunch of "SlackHatStormgenyix is
> > better than debian because it's more secure" calls.
>
> Someone asked him what he was running, and he answered... no troll there.
i don't think he was implying it was a troll. i think what he, probably
correctly, pointed out is that people are quick jump into the fray when
distro comparisons are made...
> Someone mentioned that there was an article recently (like yesterday I
> think, on freshmeat?) saying something about DeadRat plans to charge a
> subscription fee for updates... I didn't read the article so I'm not sure
> how serious it was. Anyone else see it? I'll ask my colleague later where he
> found it..
redhat are now charging for their "automated update service" it comes
with priority ftp and you can update a gaggle of servers as one... the
individual rpms will still make it onto ftp sites everywhere, but the
automation, support and QOS are what RH are now charging for...
> Maybe if DeadRat didn't introduce so many daft root holes in the first
> place... sigh. ;) (ok, a little trollish - I couldn't resist).
notice how most security fixes for linux distros are provided by all
vendors, because if it affects one of them, chances are it affects them
all...
i think the only OS that can sit there and say "fixed that last year",
"fixed that 3 years ago", "never included that in the install because we
knew it had security flaws" time after time is OpenBSD... ;)
later
marty
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