that ran Linux, FreeBSD or something similar on the desktop?
The answer is: "Not a whole lot".
So, if most business runs MS on the desktop they rely on it. There are
enough hacks out there now without the source code causing problems. If
somebody had the source code they could cripple industries that relied on
the platform rather quickly.
Our jobs are time consuming enough without the added pressure of 16 year old
kids writing viruses all day aren't they.
If Linux was the most used OS in the world you better bet it wouldn't take
long for exploit after exploit to hit that platform. With it being open
source that simply makes the job that much easier.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:51 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: OT - Windows NT source code
Riddle me this:
If you can get Linux, FreeBSD, etc source code 24 hours a day 7 days a
week and that is not a security risk, why is a leak of ( | )icrosoft
code such a huge security leak? Could it be they have really bad code,
or perhaps they don't want you to see the back door they put in to all
there OSs... um... well makes you wonder.
On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 06:52, cfhelp wrote:
> Even though I am going to probably have to deal with an increase in Hacks
I
> think this may be a good thing, as it will force M$ to get off there a$$
and
> fix more in OS. Well then again I could see them saying Windows 2003 fixs
> all.
>
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Rob
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