From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] a challenge
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:57:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <879c6b5c47585f3316c497e954212d55@proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13426df10802221033x297bf561he31dd4bdf80441e6@mail.gmail.com>
> It's just amazing the kind of stuff that the gnu guys are wrapping
> around the kernel to try and bail the boat out.
I guess when you're sinking you do whatever it takes. Imagine what
it's like for Microsoft...
++L
PS: MS-DOS didn't have all this trouble, I sometimes wonder if all
this additional security isn't exactly the opposite of what's needed.
I feel the same about cars with electronics and air bags, which is
hardly surprising because there are incredible parallels between the
car industry and the computer industry. But the issue of security is
terribly ambiguous.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-22 18:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-22 17:53 ron minnich
2008-02-22 17:57 ` Pietro Gagliardi
2008-02-22 18:03 ` Pietro Gagliardi
2008-02-22 17:59 ` john
2008-02-22 18:23 ` andrey mirtchovski
2008-02-22 18:33 ` ron minnich
2008-02-22 18:57 ` lucio [this message]
2008-02-22 20:02 ` Charles Forsyth
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