Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 03:04:04 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: John Howie <JHowie@msn.com>, James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, "Chris D . Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftpd bug in FreeBSD through at least 3.4 Message-ID: <39D9A104.ECAEEDCC@softweyr.com> References: <23683.970516562@critter>
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In message <036301c02caa$ebc17300$fd01a8c0@pacbell.net>, "John Howie" writes:
>> >Are you saying that if we found a terrible bug (not this easy one)
>> >somewhere critical in 3.5.%d, we'd all have to immediatly upgrade? - Jy@
>>
>> Yes, I am saying that.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>And this is why Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, et al will NEVER beat a supported
>pay-for-use Operating System like Windows in the eyes of real-world
>business-critical system administrators and CIOs. Of course, all the egos,
>moaning, and bitching don't help either.
Oh, yeah, Mickeysoft is going to go back and fix that nasty little bug in
Win95 for you, because you were a good boy and paid up your MSDN Enterprise
subscription.
Since this has nothing to do with security, I wisely disincluded them.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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