Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 16:50:12 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /.: Microsoft Cites National Security to Justify Closed Source Message-ID: <20020522135012.GF968@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <p05111703b9114b676d3b@[10.0.1.11]> References: <p05111718b910898a5694@[10.0.1.4]> <20020522025534.GB386@hades.hell.gr> <3CEB3A3B.CF62340C@mindspring.com> <20020522082154.GA4265@hades.hell.gr> <p05111703b9114b676d3b@[10.0.1.11]>
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On 2002-05-22 15:20, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 11:21 AM +0300 2002/05/22, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >> When you fix design flaws, APIs change. > >> It would require recompiling everything. > > > > Yes, I know. How about "not my problem, but Microsoft's" ? > > If they want to claim that their products are secure, then they should > > make the effort that it takes to compile them ;) > > I think that he means that all the client programs would have to > be recompiled, too. Can you imagine forcing all Windows programs > that have ever written to be recompiled? I know. It's just as bad as it sounds. Maybe more. I am just being a bit cynical because this is something that the BSD users customarily do when they are 'building world' or 'recompiling ports'. -- Giorgos Keramidas - http://www.FreeBSD.org keramida@FreeBSD.org - The Power to Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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