[101343] in RedHat Linux List
Re: [OT]/[TID]/[OFF] Re: Fred Moody
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David E. Fox)
Wed Nov 25 16:30:45 1998
From: "David E. Fox" <dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:29:32 -0800 (PST)
Reply-To: dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com
In-Reply-To: <365C7210.E27CDAE6@staffnet.com> from "W. Wade, Hampton" at Nov 25, 98 04:09:37 pm
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> Don't know which [OT], etc. is best, (so I included a couple), but
> I have a question for you folks. Did anyone send mail to ABC
> about the Moody article? If so, did they get a response?
Well, I was considering it. But if I end up getting the same
terse response you did, I wonder if it is worth commenting
on.
Personally, I wonder about that guy who wanted to itemize all
of Linux's deficiencies. And the author doesn't seem to
have much of a clue about Linux vs other Unices.
And regarding security: I would think it difficult to make a
real comparison with respect to security on Linux vs. other
Unices, like Irix, AIX, HPUX, etc. In some respects, Linux
is aimed at a different audience and type of user than the
others: for instance, I doubt anyone would be able to get
*legitimate* root access on some of these other Unices, without
either owning the box (and we're talking mainframes here) or
being employed as a system administrator. On the other hand,
hundreds of people can download and install Linux on their
PCs, and login as root. Consequently, there can be many
messed-up Linux boxen out there.
> W. Wade, Hampton
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