Twas brillig at 16:06:50 05.11.2010 UTC-07 when [email protected] did gyre and gimble:
CJ> It's when BB can be blamed for burnt toast that the CJ> 'lid comes off the box', and then one may reasonably CJ> consider updating. But if BB v20 is notably bigger CJ> than BB v2, as configured, that could be a problem. CJ> Especially if the toaster were quite resource-constrained. CJ> And spending more ROM bytes on infrastructure like BB is CJ> usually much less attractive than spending them on direct CJ> features. CJ> 'Stale' software is a fact of life in embedded world. CJ> We prefer to pronounce it 'stable', however! Especially if toaster is not connected to network, and hence attacker can't burn all user's toasts due to security vulnerability in BB. -- http://fossarchy.blogspot.com/
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