Fixing for instance a DoS hole doesn't take months of testing. What takes Microsoft so long is that they seem to consider it unworthy to release service-packs with a size less than 10 MB's, and thus they have to gather bugs for a couple of months.
We kernel developers at least realise that patches are needed as soon as possible. A server just can't stay down a month because it's vulnerable to some exploit that there is an unreleased fix for.
To my knowledge, the source for every BSD-tool in Mac OS X Server is available on the Distribution-CD's. As for Mas OS X, it hasn't been released yet...
However, the GUI (non-BSD), the yellow-box (non-BSD), the kernel (non-BSD) and other NeXT/Apple-thingies doesn't include sources...
I *REALLY* doubt that MacOS X Server is targetted at the Linux-community either... It's more likely targetted at those NT-heads that run companies where the CEO's want NT and the tech-support and everyone else doesn't...
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Fixing for instance a DoS hole doesn't take months of testing. What takes Microsoft so long is that they seem to consider it unworthy to release service-packs with a size less than 10 MB's, and thus they have to gather bugs for a couple of months.
We kernel developers at least realise that patches are needed as soon as possible. A server just can't stay down a month because it's vulnerable to some exploit that there is an unreleased fix for.
To my knowledge, the source for every BSD-tool
in Mac OS X Server is available on the Distribution-CD's.
As for Mas OS X, it hasn't been released yet...
However, the GUI (non-BSD), the yellow-box (non-BSD),
the kernel (non-BSD) and other NeXT/Apple-thingies
doesn't include sources...
Well, those who already have a Apple Bus Mouse II
can continue using it with their new computer...
So, where's the problem?
I *REALLY* doubt that MacOS X Server is targetted
at the Linux-community either... It's more likely
targetted at those NT-heads that run companies
where the CEO's want NT and the tech-support
and everyone else doesn't...
No. It's a RELIGION...