On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 12:50:17PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote:
> "strong and fast mail server" and "redhat" in one sentence? Interesting.
People, this won't get you anywhere but a flame war. RedHat can be very
secure in the right hands (or any other Linux distribution).
OpenBSD strives to be the most bug fixed OS,
so what? You can hype it all you want, but if you run an insecure
service on it, you'll get a break-in. Secure your box the right way,
and be happy. OpenBSD is easier and quicker to secure, but it's not a
one-fits-all solution.
Use the right tool for the right job. Linux's NFS sucks compared to
*BSD's? Fine, use *BSD for your NFS while it matures. OpenBSD doesn't
have SMP support? Use Linux to scale your SMP machine.
Google for example is RedHat's premier customer, have you heard of any
security problems at Google? All these operating systems have advantages
and disadvantages relative to each other. Instead of bashing the other
OS, suggest a solution.
As for BSD folks, I think they're angry that Linux is getting most of
the attention these days. Sorry, had to mention it :). I am getting
sick of some Linux-related hype also, sometimes it gets simply
ridiculous. <flame>If we collaborated instead of senselessly
bashing Linux or BSD maybe we'd get more things done, like fix security
bugs.</flame> Zealotry will only lead to FUD and religious wars
instead of progress. Just my $0.02.
