[96951] in RedHat Linux List
RE: RedHat bugs???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (KThorpe)
Fri Oct 30 10:01:54 1998
In-Reply-To: <2ECD1C0001571200@c2gate.tcom.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:40:00 +0000
From: KThorpe <kthorpe@pricetrak.com>
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>Perhaps thats where something like AutoRpm should be included and
>configured to at least get the important fixes from RH on a regular basis.
My vote on that! I wish they'd given that as an option (not a mandatory like
M$ do things).
>>The original writer mentioned that his hacker friend told him that RedHat
>>distributions are known to be insecure. I strongly support Red Hat and I
>>know from experience there is a great deal of quality in the distribution.
The problem is that RedHat systems work for soooooo looooonnnnng that very
old systems are available. New ones should be as safe as anything out there.
>A lot can be learned from MS and Win products. Sure, we all know the
>product is far from perfect, we can see lots of ways it could be improved,
>we don't agree with the monopolistic approach and political brute force
>used by MS, but no-one can deny that virtually anyone can be up and running
>and doing the things they want to do fairly quickly as opposed to having to
>get involved in a steep learning curve just to get to do almost anything at
>all.
......and then six months down the line they ring me in a panic at 1:30am
needing to recover a file from the depths of their crashed system. Only the
fees I charge make such behaviour even partially acceptable, but I don't
mind taxing stupidity......
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Kevin Thorpe
Purchasing Index (UK) Limited
LONDON, England
Tel: (44) 171 350 4200
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