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From: Timothy Newsham <newsham@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu> To: mitch@corp.cirrus.com (Mitch Wright) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 09:24:04 -1000 (HST) Cc: jladwig@soils.umn.edu, bugtraq@fc.net In-Reply-To: <9412130129.AA12150@lx100.corp.cirrus.com> from "Mitch Wright" at Dec 12, 94 05:29:07 pm > > /* jladwig@soils.umn.edu writes: */ > > >rms has said to me in mail that he "doesn't like security". > >Would that I (and others) had that luxury. > > > Just because someone doesn't "like" something, doesn't mean they don't > understand the need for it. It's a shame anyone *has* to deal with it > at all. I'd much rather *not have* to type a password when su'ing, but > the consequences of a password-less root are obvious. I don't like having > to take the extra time to do it, but the alternative is even less appealing. Its the mission of the FSF to wedge the philosophies of RMS upon everyone. This is accomplished through writing free software which becomes a defacto standard with dependancies on other free software which must become a defecto standard. I'm not saying they dont do a good job, but disreguarding other people's need for security just because RMS thinks society should be free and open is evil. > ~mitch
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