Fellow Hacks, I hate to throw gas on a fire, but I have been a Linux user for years. I have seen so many e-mails flying over the alias (this one included) about this scam called "open source". We have seen all the bird cage liners touting the socialist revolution of open source! Blah Blah Blah.
Ok Linux dude's and dudette's. If Linux is so open, how come ONE man owns the right to the kernel and ONE man and his very few associates develop said kernel How is this open? How is this ANY different that what the clowns in Redmond Washington do? Whats to keep El Linux boy from caving and selling the rights to the linux kernel for 10 Billion big ones? Sorry for the grenade but it has to be asked! M At 05:10 PM 2/1/2002, Joe Matuscak wrote: >On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Marc Sahr wrote: > > > Well, it may be free, but consider this: Linux is open source, right? > > Anyone who wants to can figure out the holes that exist (and yes, they > > do exist) and exploit them, since the source is available to all. This > > is of course true with ANY firewall. A programmer that writes code for a > > specific firewall product would know the holes that exist, and could > > exploit them. > >And peer review increases the chances of those problems being located >*before* the bad guys. Its called the "crystal box" Vs the "black box" >debate . > > > Bottom line: No product is foolproof, they all have their repective > > strengths and weaknesses. > >True enough. > > > Linux as a firewall or server platform? It's OK for your home network, > > but not for real business application. Yes some have done this, yes > > IBM is now promoting it (so what?) but who cares? Free? You get what > > you pay for. > >So have you actually ever used a Linux system in production? > > >Joe Matuscak >Rohrer Corporation >717 Seville Road >Wadsworth, Ohio 44281 >(330)335-1541 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >_______________________________________________ >Firewalls mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls Michael Cobb President/CEO Cobb Communications Corporation "The only person you need to be better than was the person you were yesterday!" 760-443-9700 _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
