Our Windows admin installed it on his 3 year old Dell desktop and we were quite surprised that it had all the drivers considering it's beta. The sound and the modem driver had to be downloaded by using Windows "search the internet for drivers", but it did find them and worked fine. It has to think before it does anything, but that was to be expected considering it's 3 years old. (It was top of the line when released though 1.7Ghz, 64MB video, 1GB ram) He said he was going to strip off the special effects and see how it does. (Haven't seen it since he did it so I can't comment on how it is afterwards) It defaulted to an incrediably small resulotion though. It was almost unreadable even though his laptop has a nice and large wide screen display. I like the taskbar. I prefer small unobtrusive taskbars. Which is a pain for me since I prefer KDE's feel and UI, but prefer Gnome's look. (small taskbar... I can't stand hidden taskbars though so forget it!)
Until it comes to managing that approach. Securing something and making that something actually usable are two different things that do not work in harmony. The tighter you secure something and the more usage required from that something (i.e. locking down desktops and having 500 desktop users that do 400 different tasks) the more of an administrative nightmare it becomes. Especially when you have some of the top sales people in the industry and what they want can carry more weight than what the CFO wants.
Show me a company that has a large staff that is more than just drones (tech support, data entry, etc) that uses a strict Software Restriction Policy. I knew of one and when they changed that policy there support staff drop by well over half. It's a whole lot cheaper to install anti-virus. The only systems we white-list are our Citrix farm boxes. (obviously taking down a single Citrix box takes more than a single person down)
When I mentioned Asterix to the head of IS, she said it wasn't even an option because "no company can be held accountable for failure".
Than ask who thus far has been held accountable and what it got them? It seems you are still without a viable VoIP solution.
When we built a new building we installed a PBX with VoIP abilities. The only VoIP it used by the time I left was VoiceMail and connecting remote locations to the local phone system via Frame Relay. VoIP was just to unstable for our offices.
I use VoIP at home now though and it's been fine. Then again, our VoIP services are provided by our ISP and therefore our calls arn't being squeezed by them.
Thats like saying, don't use a firewall if you have NAT...
Anti-virus is not something you just decide something else will take care of. It's a necessity in any environment that your systems are required for everyday business. Even if you arn't running Windows.
Use a SAN. If you can't afford fibre channel then use iSCSI. The prices are coming down and you can mix SCSI and UltraATA storage on it. So you get local disk performace on all devices (using FC that is) and you can implement ATA where you require mass storage but not high performance and SCSI 320s where you need the transaction processing.
We use SCSI 320s for our main file servers and databases and use UltraATA storage for disk to disk backups and other non-highspeed required storage.
They can try but would only get sued by XM. Plus the RIAA is doing everything possible to get every penny they can. Turning away XM would only take money from there pockets. They may try to punish XM by making them pay a much higher price than Sirus, but in the end (if XM is smart and they are damn smarter than Sirus) they would just file suit against them if they tried such a thing.
I think by the time this is over, it's the RIAA that will be the defendent in court. (several times over)
Look at page 3. It's the one where they tell you what you should do to secure your network.
Even with its inherent weaknesses, Wireless Encryption Protocols or WEP is still a good method for preventing attackers from capturing your network traffic. Less-experienced hackers will probably not even attempt to capture data packets from a wireless network that is broadcasting using WEP.
Bullshit. Everything you need to do this can be found on a single Linux LiveCD (Auditor Linux) including the kit for doing replay attacks. Only unmotivated "hackers" will fail to crack WEP.
Basically he said something is better than nothing. A lock on your front door isn't going to stop someone serious about breaking in, but it will stop your neighbor from peaking around inside your house because you left your door wide open. While everything you noted is true, he wasn't claiming that WEP is secure and he noted that clearly. He only said it's better than nothing. He should have said WEP is better than having an open network for anyone to connect to instead of WEP is still a good method for preventing attackers from capturing your network traffic.
I think they are apples and oranges. Both have good offerings depending on what you want it for.
Microkernels are secure by separation. It also slows them down. Tanaenbaum notes Cisco using QNX and how fast it is. It also basicly does one thing. Networking. Desktop and even servers that run complexed software (Oracle DB, app servers, etc) require much more that just networking and routing. You had to do a lot of tweaking. Thats why OSX isn't a pure Microkernel. It's also why you would be nuts to run a huge server application on it. Your performance would be $hit comparatively. QNX is used mostly in enbedded systems right? Not full blown multi-dimensional equiptment. (ie PCs that do more than just route traffic, or tally register receipts) Don't get me wrong, QNX is a great OS and does (IMHO) a better job at what is does than any other OS could. I just wouldn't install it on my desktop or server. On my hardware devices? Sure!
Monolithic kernels are for all-purpose use. Well, let me work that as.. "Better suited for all-purpose use". They get better performance when that range of uses grows and thats why I beleieve they are better suited for servers and desktops rather than embedded systems. (it's also why you need a reset button on computers and not devices... except for the fact that my Cisco routers have them. Ha!)
It's just my don't know $hit about kernels (2) cents
To move to home user desktops codecs must be included. Until then, it's just to hard for them to use. I have to add {unknown} repositories to Yum to get the required applications, codecs, drivers, or other files so that my desktop functions properly. Either include them in the distro or have the OS/application recognize what is required and link to where it can be downloaded and automatically installed. Non-techie home user isn't going to know that they need to add any software much less what software needs to be added. Then they have to know where to get it and how to install it. That is a mountain of unknowns to someone that is new to Linux. It's easier to just use Windows. If you don't have a codec, Windows media player tells you and ask if you want to try and downloaded it. What a wonderful idea!
'I think what the phone industry's saying and what we're saying is we've made an investment, and I don't think the government should be coming and telling us how we can work that infrastructure, simple as that,' Commisso said
My thought is, If you have a monoploy on high speed access, then Yes the government should be able to tell you what you can and cannot do! Forcing me to pay and Google to pay is accepting double payment. We (customers) pay for your infrustructure for the privilege to use it. If that isn't enough to cover your cost then you need to raise your prices. If you do and can't compete then you need to find a different way. Google doesn't choose to send it's data down your pipes, your customers choose to retrive it from Google's sites. If my provider (Cablevision) started charging Google I would drop them if I had another choice of high speed provider, but I don't.
Better, Faster, Cheaper. If you can't do it; someone else will. I've already been looking for another provider. Satellite & FiOS, but I can't get FiOS in my area or DSL. Only Cable. Stupid Cablevision doesn't offer the NFL Sunday Ticket. Once my Triple Play offer runs out, cable tv is gone and I'm going satellite. Cable internet will be gone as soon as FiOS arrives.
Oh, and he refers to inventing the Internet as inventing the world-wide-web which is not the Internet.
Leonard Kleinrock (US): Was the first person to write about packet switching.
J.C.R. Licklider (US): Had the first idea of what would become the Internet (He called it the Galactic Network)
Larry G. Roberts (US): Created the first long-distance network in 1965 (Called ARPANET)
Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf (US): Created the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) which we all know the Internet uses as it's primary protocol.
Between what all these guys did plus the work of U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (NASA) The Internet was created.
Ha! Don't get me started on what maybe common knowledge to us, but isn't to the other 98% of the world.;)
You must understand. You are taking a fictitious story and proclaiming how bad it is because of it's (I repeat) fictitious subject matter. (even if parts of it are actual facts) It's just like how so many slashdoters bash movies about hacking and the Internet because the writer wasn't as versed in the subject matter as 99% of the/. geeks. (or the fact that they choose not to make it that way so 99% of the reader/movie goers would comprehend the subject matter) You must takes novels and movies at face value. They are tools to entertain, not as historical references. If you want that read How to be a Black Hat in 21 days!:P
While I agree that Digital Fortress is far from a "Great Work". His other works, Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Deception Point are very good. Digital Fortress was his first published work and you can see that it's a little rough compared to the others. While they all do follow a simalar pattern that is because all his works are a part of the same genre. I don't believe it makes them a boring read. He is a great author. I've read hundreds of books and those three are some of the best.
Just as a side note, I consider The Da Vinci Code his third best.
1. Angels and Demons 2. Deception Point 3. The Da Vinci Code 4. Digital Fortress
I know his next book is based around the same stuff The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons are about. While I loved both books; I hope he doesn't beat the subject into submission.
There isn't enough information provided, but it sounds like a pretty small operation and simplistic setup sounds like what you need.
A main office with several small satellite offices (or small retail stores) I would suggest SonicWall product. (or NetScreen) Small remote offices can use the small single point VPN TZ series devices that allows a single site-to-site VPN and the main office can use a larger product like the 2040 or the 5060 with support I beleive 50 and 2000 VPN sessions respectively. (with several models in between) There are many products out there that will work. SonicWall's products are very easy to use and arn't that expensive.
If you are just looking for personal VPNs to the office network, Sonicwall also offers VPN software that you can install on laptops/Desktops. There VPN is IPSec so it will support any IPSec client (Linux, etc) without the need to purchase software. There software is very easy to use. Thats why I brought it up.
netcat, iptraf, and lsof. Which I do remove them after the job I set out to do completes. Sysstat utilities took the longest to install, and it's IMHO that systat is a godsent and I shouldn't have to wait over an hour to have it installed. My RHEL servers install faster than that.
If Berkeley isn't secure what makes us think any Berkeley derivative is secure!?!?! (OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD) Obviously this is a joke, but I'm sure someone will take offense... {poke}
I've been a Linux admin for several years. I just started a new job a few months back and they have several Gentoo boxes. When these boxes are replaced/rebuilt or otherwise they will not get Gentoo again. Don't get me wrong. I am a Gentoo fan, but it has no place in my enterprise environment. I needed to add some network troubleshooting software to a box and it took 50 minutes to negociate dependancies, download, and compile the software. When time if money and it is in an enterprise environment! Waiting 50 minutes to install a couple of small applications is unacceptable! You want a stable Linux distribution? There are a myriad of them. You want one that is stable and doesn't take forever to get setup. Remove Gentoo from that list.
A smooth running enterprise runs a mix of both Windows and Linux. Today Linux isn't ready for the collaborative areas of enterprise. (Sales, marketing, or executives) Although, you always have the grunts in the office space and they general can use Linux as a desktop. For the server market Linux can and should carry the most load. There are area where Windows is better. (Exchange as a collaborative suite over an SMTP & IMAP/POP3 mail operation) On the other hand, MS SQL server has some nice features and can be a very good performer as a database....just not on my network. I don't see a need for it. There are many other options that can work just as well and without the MS overhead required. (sharing the SQL server with several applications causes slowdowns Like Accounting/Citrix/Backup Exec all using the same SQL server) We have 2 MS SQL servers now.. There were here before I arrived and cannot be ported without major pains envolved. (money/time) Anything new that requires a DB will not run SQL server unless that is the only DB it can use and it won't happen without a fight. (anyway, MS SQL server doesn't support what I consider *real* clustering (see Oracle RAC))
Anyway, my perfect setup would carry both platforms in specific rolls. Have everything running one technolgy limits your abilities. The old cliche still holds true. The Best Tool for the Job. Be it Windows, Linux, or whatever other tool works.
When I lived back in Dallas area, I noticed that if I left 10 minutes earlier than my normal 7AM, my commute would take 10 less overall minutes. Leaving at 6:50AM, I would arrive at 7:10AM taking only 20 minutes. Leaving at 7AM, I wouldn't arrive until 7:30AM. (the time I was due at work) Now, I live in NY my job is a mile away and it takes me 2 minutes! Though now instead of leaving at the same time everyday it tends to very about 45 minutes each day. (Leaving at 8:15AM to leaving at 9AM which is the time I'm due at work)
Linux: Forward thinking people. (ie I want tomorrow better than today) BSD: If it ain't broken, don't fix it. (ie. Lisp worked great yesterday, and it works great today too so F your Ruby/Python/{language of choice}) Windows: Just like Grandma used to make. (ie people don't like change)
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Our Windows admin installed it on his 3 year old Dell desktop and we were quite surprised that it had all the drivers considering it's beta. The sound and the modem driver had to be downloaded by using Windows "search the internet for drivers", but it did find them and worked fine. It has to think before it does anything, but that was to be expected considering it's 3 years old. (It was top of the line when released though 1.7Ghz, 64MB video, 1GB ram) He said he was going to strip off the special effects and see how it does. (Haven't seen it since he did it so I can't comment on how it is afterwards) It defaulted to an incrediably small resulotion though. It was almost unreadable even though his laptop has a nice and large wide screen display. I like the taskbar. I prefer small unobtrusive taskbars. Which is a pain for me since I prefer KDE's feel and UI, but prefer Gnome's look. (small taskbar... I can't stand hidden taskbars though so forget it!)
Until it comes to managing that approach. Securing something and making that something actually usable are two different things that do not work in harmony. The tighter you secure something and the more usage required from that something (i.e. locking down desktops and having 500 desktop users that do 400 different tasks) the more of an administrative nightmare it becomes. Especially when you have some of the top sales people in the industry and what they want can carry more weight than what the CFO wants.
Show me a company that has a large staff that is more than just drones (tech support, data entry, etc) that uses a strict Software Restriction Policy. I knew of one and when they changed that policy there support staff drop by well over half. It's a whole lot cheaper to install anti-virus. The only systems we white-list are our Citrix farm boxes. (obviously taking down a single Citrix box takes more than a single person down)
When I mentioned Asterix to the head of IS, she said it wasn't even an option because "no company can be held accountable for failure".
Than ask who thus far has been held accountable and what it got them? It seems you are still without a viable VoIP solution.
When we built a new building we installed a PBX with VoIP abilities. The only VoIP it used by the time I left was VoiceMail and connecting remote locations to the local phone system via Frame Relay. VoIP was just to unstable for our offices.
I use VoIP at home now though and it's been fine. Then again, our VoIP services are provided by our ISP and therefore our calls arn't being squeezed by them.
WOW, I didn't know you could marry an arcade game!!!
Thats like saying, don't use a firewall if you have NAT...
Anti-virus is not something you just decide something else will take care of. It's a necessity in any environment that your systems are required for everyday business. Even if you arn't running Windows.
Use a SAN. If you can't afford fibre channel then use iSCSI. The prices are coming down and you can mix SCSI and UltraATA storage on it. So you get local disk performace on all devices (using FC that is) and you can implement ATA where you require mass storage but not high performance and SCSI 320s where you need the transaction processing.
We use SCSI 320s for our main file servers and databases and use UltraATA storage for disk to disk backups and other non-highspeed required storage.
Darwin, Evolution? Like it doesn't make sense. Darwin's evolution to closed source people! Gosh, some people can't see the darkness in the sunlight! :P
They can try but would only get sued by XM. Plus the RIAA is doing everything possible to get every penny they can. Turning away XM would only take money from there pockets. They may try to punish XM by making them pay a much higher price than Sirus, but in the end (if XM is smart and they are damn smarter than Sirus) they would just file suit against them if they tried such a thing.
I think by the time this is over, it's the RIAA that will be the defendent in court. (several times over)
Look at page 3. It's the one where they tell you what you should do to secure your network.
Even with its inherent weaknesses, Wireless Encryption Protocols or WEP is still a good method for preventing attackers from capturing your network traffic. Less-experienced hackers will probably not even attempt to capture data packets from a wireless network that is broadcasting using WEP.
Bullshit. Everything you need to do this can be found on a single Linux LiveCD (Auditor Linux) including the kit for doing replay attacks. Only unmotivated "hackers" will fail to crack WEP.
Basically he said something is better than nothing. A lock on your front door isn't going to stop someone serious about breaking in, but it will stop your neighbor from peaking around inside your house because you left your door wide open. While everything you noted is true, he wasn't claiming that WEP is secure and he noted that clearly. He only said it's better than nothing. He should have said WEP is better than having an open network for anyone to connect to instead of WEP is still a good method for preventing attackers from capturing your network traffic.
Yeah, but does Bob know that? That was my point.
I think they are apples and oranges. Both have good offerings depending on what you want it for.
Microkernels are secure by separation. It also slows them down. Tanaenbaum notes Cisco using QNX and how fast it is. It also basicly does one thing. Networking. Desktop and even servers that run complexed software (Oracle DB, app servers, etc) require much more that just networking and routing. You had to do a lot of tweaking. Thats why OSX isn't a pure Microkernel. It's also why you would be nuts to run a huge server application on it. Your performance would be $hit comparatively. QNX is used mostly in enbedded systems right? Not full blown multi-dimensional equiptment. (ie PCs that do more than just route traffic, or tally register receipts) Don't get me wrong, QNX is a great OS and does (IMHO) a better job at what is does than any other OS could. I just wouldn't install it on my desktop or server. On my hardware devices? Sure!
Monolithic kernels are for all-purpose use. Well, let me work that as.. "Better suited for all-purpose use". They get better performance when that range of uses grows and thats why I beleieve they are better suited for servers and desktops rather than embedded systems. (it's also why you need a reset button on computers and not devices... except for the fact that my Cisco routers have them. Ha!)
It's just my don't know $hit about kernels (2) cents
To move to home user desktops codecs must be included. Until then, it's just to hard for them to use. I have to add {unknown} repositories to Yum to get the required applications, codecs, drivers, or other files so that my desktop functions properly. Either include them in the distro or have the OS/application recognize what is required and link to where it can be downloaded and automatically installed. Non-techie home user isn't going to know that they need to add any software much less what software needs to be added. Then they have to know where to get it and how to install it. That is a mountain of unknowns to someone that is new to Linux. It's easier to just use Windows. If you don't have a codec, Windows media player tells you and ask if you want to try and downloaded it. What a wonderful idea!
my thoughts anyhow...
'I think what the phone industry's saying and what we're saying is we've made an investment, and I don't think the government should be coming and telling us how we can work that infrastructure, simple as that,' Commisso said
My thought is, If you have a monoploy on high speed access, then Yes the government should be able to tell you what you can and cannot do! Forcing me to pay and Google to pay is accepting double payment. We (customers) pay for your infrustructure for the privilege to use it. If that isn't enough to cover your cost then you need to raise your prices. If you do and can't compete then you need to find a different way. Google doesn't choose to send it's data down your pipes, your customers choose to retrive it from Google's sites. If my provider (Cablevision) started charging Google I would drop them if I had another choice of high speed provider, but I don't.
Better, Faster, Cheaper. If you can't do it; someone else will. I've already been looking for another provider. Satellite & FiOS, but I can't get FiOS in my area or DSL. Only Cable. Stupid Cablevision doesn't offer the NFL Sunday Ticket. Once my Triple Play offer runs out, cable tv is gone and I'm going satellite. Cable internet will be gone as soon as FiOS arrives.
Gravititional forces are terrifying. At this point, it's the second strongest force known to man behind p0rn. Nothing is stronger than p0rnal forces.
Oh, and he refers to inventing the Internet as inventing the world-wide-web which is not the Internet.
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Leonard Kleinrock (US): Was the first person to write about packet switching.
J.C.R. Licklider (US): Had the first idea of what would become the Internet (He called it the Galactic Network)
Larry G. Roberts (US): Created the first long-distance network in 1965 (Called ARPANET)
Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf (US): Created the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) which we all know the Internet uses as it's primary protocol.
Between what all these guys did plus the work of U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (NASA) The Internet was created.
You can read about it at the two following links.
http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/history/inventednet
http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/cerf.shtml
So, the Internet was in fact created in the US. The World Wide Web was invented at CERN by Tim Berners-Lee.
Ha! Don't get me started on what maybe common knowledge to us, but isn't to the other 98% of the world. ;)
/. geeks. (or the fact that they choose not to make it that way so 99% of the reader/movie goers would comprehend the subject matter) You must takes novels and movies at face value. They are tools to entertain, not as historical references. If you want that read How to be a Black Hat in 21 days! :P
You must understand. You are taking a fictitious story and proclaiming how bad it is because of it's (I repeat) fictitious subject matter. (even if parts of it are actual facts) It's just like how so many slashdoters bash movies about hacking and the Internet because the writer wasn't as versed in the subject matter as 99% of the
While I agree that Digital Fortress is far from a "Great Work". His other works, Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Deception Point are very good. Digital Fortress was his first published work and you can see that it's a little rough compared to the others. While they all do follow a simalar pattern that is because all his works are a part of the same genre. I don't believe it makes them a boring read. He is a great author. I've read hundreds of books and those three are some of the best.
Just as a side note, I consider The Da Vinci Code his third best.
1. Angels and Demons
2. Deception Point
3. The Da Vinci Code
4. Digital Fortress
I know his next book is based around the same stuff The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons are about. While I loved both books; I hope he doesn't beat the subject into submission.
There isn't enough information provided, but it sounds like a pretty small operation and simplistic setup sounds like what you need.
A main office with several small satellite offices (or small retail stores) I would suggest SonicWall product. (or NetScreen) Small remote offices can use the small single point VPN TZ series devices that allows a single site-to-site VPN and the main office can use a larger product like the 2040 or the 5060 with support I beleive 50 and 2000 VPN sessions respectively. (with several models in between) There are many products out there that will work. SonicWall's products are very easy to use and arn't that expensive.
If you are just looking for personal VPNs to the office network, Sonicwall also offers VPN software that you can install on laptops/Desktops. There VPN is IPSec so it will support any IPSec client (Linux, etc) without the need to purchase software. There software is very easy to use. Thats why I brought it up.
netcat, iptraf, and lsof. Which I do remove them after the job I set out to do completes. Sysstat utilities took the longest to install, and it's IMHO that systat is a godsent and I shouldn't have to wait over an hour to have it installed. My RHEL servers install faster than that.
If Berkeley isn't secure what makes us think any Berkeley derivative is secure!?!?! (OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD) Obviously this is a joke, but I'm sure someone will take offense... {poke}
I've been a Linux admin for several years. I just started a new job a few months back and they have several Gentoo boxes. When these boxes are replaced/rebuilt or otherwise they will not get Gentoo again. Don't get me wrong. I am a Gentoo fan, but it has no place in my enterprise environment. I needed to add some network troubleshooting software to a box and it took 50 minutes to negociate dependancies, download, and compile the software. When time if money and it is in an enterprise environment! Waiting 50 minutes to install a couple of small applications is unacceptable! You want a stable Linux distribution? There are a myriad of them. You want one that is stable and doesn't take forever to get setup. Remove Gentoo from that list.
A smooth running enterprise runs a mix of both Windows and Linux. Today Linux isn't ready for the collaborative areas of enterprise. (Sales, marketing, or executives) Although, you always have the grunts in the office space and they general can use Linux as a desktop. For the server market Linux can and should carry the most load. There are area where Windows is better. (Exchange as a collaborative suite over an SMTP & IMAP/POP3 mail operation) On the other hand, MS SQL server has some nice features and can be a very good performer as a database. ...just not on my network. I don't see a need for it. There are many other options that can work just as well and without the MS overhead required. (sharing the SQL server with several applications causes slowdowns Like Accounting/Citrix/Backup Exec all using the same SQL server) We have 2 MS SQL servers now.. There were here before I arrived and cannot be ported without major pains envolved. (money/time) Anything new that requires a DB will not run SQL server unless that is the only DB it can use and it won't happen without a fight. (anyway, MS SQL server doesn't support what I consider *real* clustering (see Oracle RAC))
Anyway, my perfect setup would carry both platforms in specific rolls. Have everything running one technolgy limits your abilities. The old cliche still holds true. The Best Tool for the Job. Be it Windows, Linux, or whatever other tool works.
When I lived back in Dallas area, I noticed that if I left 10 minutes earlier than my normal 7AM, my commute would take 10 less overall minutes. Leaving at 6:50AM, I would arrive at 7:10AM taking only 20 minutes. Leaving at 7AM, I wouldn't arrive until 7:30AM. (the time I was due at work) Now, I live in NY my job is a mile away and it takes me 2 minutes! Though now instead of leaving at the same time everyday it tends to very about 45 minutes each day. (Leaving at 8:15AM to leaving at 9AM which is the time I'm due at work)
I see it more as...
Linux: Forward thinking people. (ie I want tomorrow better than today)
BSD: If it ain't broken, don't fix it. (ie. Lisp worked great yesterday, and it works great today too so F your Ruby/Python/{language of choice})
Windows: Just like Grandma used to make. (ie people don't like change)