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Post #15,704
by boxley
10/30/01 9:53:03 AM
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New I read the article in question, I am not a MS$ fan
The points he made were all valid and not FUD at all. Open source is not inherently more secure than closed for some of the same reasons. With the source code I can look for explicit ways to break it. Without the source code I can use tools to find breakpoints that will break it. I will break it. Open or not. He was just noting this point for the Pile Ons that bleat about MS without knowing a danged thing about coding, computers or networks.
thanx,
bill
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Post #15,727
by marlowe
10/30/01 11:20:48 AM
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New Missing the forest for the trees.
It's the selectivity. The article is one-sided to as to present a distorted view of reality. That's no accident. It's the nature of propaganda.

Likewise K5 as a whole.
[link|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html|http://www.angelfir...e/index.html]
Sometimes "tolerance" is just a word for not dealing with things.
     MS shill spreading FUD on Kuro5hin - (marlowe) - (33) - Oct. 29, 2001, 08:45:15 PM EST
         K5 has gotten too popular. - (static) - (15) - Oct. 29, 2001, 08:50:12 PM EST
             And one that many Usenet groups went down before that - (ben_tilly) - (10) - Oct. 29, 2001, 09:05:10 PM EST
                 Yes, I was also thinking something along those lines. -NT - (static) - Oct. 29, 2001, 10:44:59 PM EST
                 Have to admit - (kmself) - (7) - Oct. 30, 2001, 12:08:41 AM EST
                     True enough. - (static) - Oct. 30, 2001, 12:20:01 AM EST
                     An admission of my own - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Oct. 30, 2001, 12:36:18 AM EST
                         No hard feelings - (rusty) - (4) - Oct. 30, 2001, 02:30:03 AM EST
                             Decisions, decisions - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Oct. 30, 2001, 09:28:00 AM EST
                                 Are you on the high side of the chasm? - (wharris2) - (2) - Oct. 30, 2001, 11:43:34 AM EST
                                     A more readable version - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Oct. 30, 2001, 12:07:35 PM EST
                                         Much better -NT - (wharris2) - Oct. 30, 2001, 01:09:30 PM EST
                 Leading to an unpleasant dilemna. - (marlowe) - Oct. 30, 2001, 01:34:20 AM EST
             Nah. - (pwhysall) - (3) - Oct. 30, 2001, 12:27:32 AM EST
                 Yah. You're right. - (static) - (2) - Oct. 30, 2001, 12:38:36 AM EST
                     The ultimate test is to see how they - (tablizer) - (1) - Nov. 9, 2001, 11:54:47 PM EST
                         Okay, then. I'll be watching. -NT - (static) - Nov. 11, 2001, 06:55:16 PM EST
         Gee, that's not a conclusion you just jumped to, is it? - (kmself) - (14) - Oct. 30, 2001, 12:49:55 AM EST
             Conclusions jumped to long ago... - (rusty) - (9) - Oct. 30, 2001, 01:39:43 AM EST
                 Hey, glad to see ya :) - (pwhysall) - (3) - Oct. 30, 2001, 02:08:15 AM EST
                     Re: Hey, glad to see ya :) - (rusty) - (2) - Oct. 30, 2001, 02:27:53 AM EST
                         Re: Hey, glad to see ya :) - (pwhysall) - (1) - Oct. 30, 2001, 02:35:23 AM EST
                             Don't forget INTERCAL - (admin) - Oct. 30, 2001, 09:57:37 AM EST
                 Smells like ad hominem. - (marlowe) - (4) - Oct. 30, 2001, 10:17:04 AM EST
                     Speaking of sniping at the messenger... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Oct. 30, 2001, 12:23:30 PM EST
                         An Ad Hominem for an Ad Hominem - (rusty) - Oct. 30, 2001, 01:50:56 PM EST
                     I love archaeology. - (pwhysall) - (1) - July 12, 2004, 02:43:53 PM EDT
                         Ah.. fossils. - (Ashton) - July 13, 2004, 07:11:34 AM EDT
             No, that's an observation of an overall pattern. - (marlowe) - (2) - Oct. 30, 2001, 01:53:41 AM EST
                 Reading this... - (pwhysall) - Oct. 30, 2001, 02:12:08 AM EST
                 Where to begin - (kmself) - Oct. 30, 2001, 02:49:23 AM EST
             Nope kinda like bens answer, went and wasnt amused/enthused -NT - (boxley) - Oct. 30, 2001, 09:43:03 AM EST
         I read the article in question, I am not a MS$ fan - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 30, 2001, 09:53:03 AM EST
             Missing the forest for the trees. - (marlowe) - Oct. 30, 2001, 11:20:48 AM EST

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