Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 10:22:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@newgold.net> To: Paul Halliday <dp@penix.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: re: windows tech article? Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.21.0104101022000.22427-100000@aphex.newgold.net> In-Reply-To: <3AD319C0.7D273729@penix.org>
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I didn't know you were allowed to say "warez" on hackers@ /joseph -- Joseph Mallett Security Specialist jmallett@newgold.net www.newgold.net irc.newgold.net/#xMach xMach Core Team jmallett@xMach.org www.xMach.org On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Paul Halliday wrote: > Taken from: > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/migration/hotmail/default.asp >=20 > "FreeBSD, a UNIX-like system similar to the Linux operating system, was > used to run the front-end Web servers that=20 > handled login, Microsoft Outlook=AE Express, and Web-based content > delivery tasks" >=20 > =09Is it just me or is this statement completely incorrect? A "Unix-like > system" I always thought It was UNIX. Similar to Linux? I always > believed that Linux was well, anything but UNIX.=20 >=20 > =09I also fail to see any similarities between FreeBSD and Linux. >=20 > Maybe they should have said: "FreeBSD, an advanced BSD UNIX operating > system, which you should not confuse with the silly penguin warez > available, was used to run the front-end Web servers that handled login, > Microsoft Outlook=AE Express, and Web-based content delivery tasks. We > decided that because we leech all the information that passes though > these servers anyway, that we may as well use M$ Windows 2000 server, a > patched yet still buggy version of Windows 3.1. Everyone expects > Mircosoft products to be unstable and they pay us to be beta testers so > why break the trend. >=20 > ;P >=20 > --=20 > Paul Halliday > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D > Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. > Web: http://dp.penix.org > Current Project: http://www3.sympatico.ca/transmogrify/cl.html > Public Key available here: http://dp.penix.org/dp.txt > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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