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SSH Claims Draw Open Source Ire
JDStone writes to tell us eWeek is reporting that claims of OpenSSH not being an 'enterprise-class product' by SSH Communications, the creators of SSH, is being met with a great deal of resistance. Theo de Raadt, of OpenBSD fame and a member of the OpenSSH development team was quoted saying "OpenSSH is built into all Unix and Linux vendor operating systems, and is also built into almost all larger managed network switches, from Cisco through Foundry. It comes on Linksys and D-Link wireless and security routers too."
Thank you much, Mr. Obvious!
shhh, I got first post and managed to keep it on topic, I'm happy.
Are they implyinng the DOD isn't an Enterprise class network?
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Did Darl finally move on to another project and change his name?
s/It comes on Linksys and D-Link wireless and security routers too/Don't forget about Poland
That's because almost everything that's 'enterprise-class' is crap.
Sheesh. If I had a nickel for every time upper management was impressed into buying a 3-million dollar equivelent of syslog, I'd be back in the dot-com boom.
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Marketdroids call things "Enterprise class" to appeal to PhB's who grew up with Star Trek.
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Your informed opinion has no place in a Slashdot discussion.
I believe that I applied for an exemption for this term when I originally set up the ad with AdWords, but it's been running for months quite happily without bothering anyone.
When I Google for "enterprise-level" I (of course) get loads of hits discussing enterprise-ready email, whether Linux is enterprise-ready, firewalls & stuff, but I see the only advertiser is Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK. That makes me extremely tempted to trademark the term in the context of ADSL modems & then file a complaint about the Ford-pimping bastards. At least that way I might get a dialogue going with Google - as it is I confidently expect any complaints or protests about the matter to be ignored or get auto-responses; if I create a new advert with the words it gets suspended within half an hour.
If there's anyone reading this who works at Google then I'd be extremely grateful if you could have a little word with your censorship department for me, or give me a direct email address for them. Having an advert claiming "Outstanding Linux-support" simply doesn't satisfy me the way "Enterprise-level Linux support" does. And hey! Linux is a trademark, so I guess they'll be censoring that next week!!
Thank you for ignoring this rant. Please moderate it "funny" because i surely won't be so miffed at Google next week.
You've been trolled. The openssh code base has plenty of comments, and it's a joy to read for most C programmers. It's nicely formatted, with plenty of consistency and thought put into the layout.
So we should all pay 10x the original price for openSSH and be done with the controversy!
My experience is that the word "Enterprise" placed on any product means that the price gets multiplied by 10 or so.
Either that, or it's complicated enough that only Scotty or Geordi can keep it from undergoing a warp core breach once a week.
Your "homepage" points at http://localhost/. For most normal network devices, the hostname "localhost" will resolve to the same device, typically using IP address 127.0.0.1. That means that if anyone clicks on your link, they'll be connecting to themselves!
Do you see how explaining at length a readily apparent joke is neither funny nor insightful? That indeed it is scarcely worth the time it takes to type and certainly contributes nothing to the signal-to-noise ratio here? You have a five digit uid, you can do better than this.
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