From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Cross Message-Id: <200109241425.KAA17282@augusta.math.psu.edu> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] What is it used for today? In-Reply-To: References: <3BADD92F.9AB525C2@invisik.com> Cc: Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:25:33 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: f132703a-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 In article you write: >It's totally useless for business. If you're running plan 9, you have no >way to propagate Outlook viruses, for example. > >Also, it's very important that any business OS have a superuser that can >do anything, because that makes life so much more interesting for people >-- esp. the wrong people. With all this opportunity we can keep the script >kiddies off the streets. It also sells more "windows security for morons" >type books. > >Finally, when programs like ISS run amok, you want them to have access to >everything, so they have more room in which to play. Windows is absolutely >ideal for this sort of thing. You know, I was half-way through my morning cinnamon roll and coffee when I read this. Now, I have bits of cinnamon roll and coffee stuck in my nassal passages, and it's very uncomfortable. I intend to sue. Sue you, sue me, sue everybody. >[...] we can kill superusers. Uh oh; I have the root password to the Unix machine down the hall. Does this mean I should be scared? (Not that I'm not scared already, anyway.) Okay, I'm returning to my daily routine and promise to send no more off-topic silly posts to 9fans for at least a week. - Dan C.