You can argue that OSS isn't more secure. However there is the possibility that the code was reviewed and it is secure. If it wasn't reviewed and there is an exploit, you have the source and can fix immediately. You don't need to wait for the "vendor" to "fix it".
I would like to see a talk that did more than give a manager-level talk. Maybe I attended the wrong talks, but I have yet to hear a speaker give a "here is how to write an app in..." talk.
For instance, a talk on how to program in perl-gtk, or generate cools graphics with gimp where the speaker actually did it in the class would be cool.
Since this is open source, if I want to understand HOW it works, I can read the code!:O
I want to see the package used!
Just my thoughts... if I pay hundreds of dollars I want to get something worthwhile.
I have wanted to see Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness, but movies aren't as high a priority (40 minute trip to the movie store and 3 y.o. keep my movie watching to QT-fests between Sesame Street). I did see Something about Mary and hoped it would be second. The Farrelly (?) Brothers are the best team since The Coen Brothers (Blood Simple was their first). There is nothing too taboo for them. I heard an interview on NPR and they talked about their writing style... almost as funny as their movies. They take the opposite of the 80s formula... make it look like something bad will happen, but it doesn't.. thats funny! Well these guess setup the bad and let it happen... I am probably one of the few who saw Kingpin and loved it... "Milking the cow" had to be one of the funniest lines I can remember...
Buffy... well, here I admit my tv viewing habits... This is a great teenage show that keeps it up week after week (unlike Felecity that follows it). The start of this season was flat, but it has picked up... With Angel back, things are interesting. And the Other Slayer in teh mix works... It doesn't try to handle the issues of the early BH90210 (which did one of the best anti-drug shows when Brandon is unknowing dosed by a girlfriend). That hooked me on 20210 early, but not for long... Once Sharon Dougherty left, so did the writing...
I waited for Katz's new column, and was happy as usual.
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You can argue that OSS isn't more secure. However there is the possibility that the code was reviewed and it is secure. If it wasn't reviewed and there is an exploit, you have the source and can fix immediately. You don't need to wait for the "vendor" to "fix it".
I would like to see a talk that did more than give a manager-level talk. Maybe I attended the wrong talks, but I have yet to hear a speaker give a "here is how to write an app in ..." talk.
:O
For instance, a talk on how to program in perl-gtk, or generate cools graphics with gimp where the speaker actually did it in the class would be cool.
Since this is open source, if I want to understand HOW it works, I can read the code!
I want to see the package used!
Just my thoughts... if I pay hundreds of dollars I want to get something worthwhile.
I have wanted to see Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness, but movies aren't as high a priority (40 minute trip to the movie store and 3 y.o. keep my movie watching to QT-fests between Sesame Street). I did see Something about Mary and hoped it would be second. The Farrelly (?) Brothers are the best team since The Coen Brothers (Blood Simple was their first). There is nothing too taboo for them. I heard an interview on NPR and they talked about their writing style... almost as funny as their movies. They take the opposite of the 80s formula... make it look like something bad will happen, but it doesn't.. thats funny! Well these guess setup the bad and let it happen... I am probably one of the few who saw Kingpin and loved it... "Milking the cow" had to be one of the funniest lines I can remember...
Buffy... well, here I admit my tv viewing habits... This is a great teenage show that keeps it up week after week (unlike Felecity that follows it). The start of this season was flat, but it has picked up... With Angel back, things are interesting. And the Other Slayer in teh mix works... It doesn't try to handle the issues of the early BH90210 (which did one of the best anti-drug shows when Brandon is unknowing dosed by a girlfriend). That hooked me on 20210 early, but not for long... Once Sharon Dougherty left, so did the writing...
I waited for Katz's new column, and was happy as usual.