Yea, but what makes linux superior to other OS's IMO is that as SOON as a bug is found in a linux kernel or application.. there's a fix for it HOURS LATER!!! Linux programmers from all over the world are working to make this a stable and secure operating system.. with so many eyes looking at the code, bugs will be found.. but bugs will also be FIXED! On closed source platforms.. you're putting your complete trust in their programmers. Microsoft, OS/2, AIX, SUN etc.. could all be full of backdoors that the programmers themselves put in, but nobody will ever be able to verify it unless they're working for that company and have their hands on the source. Here's a little scenario for ya...
A programmer at some software company puts a backdoor in the operating system he's working on and it gets released and millions of people are running the operating system with the viscious backdoor. One day, a co-worker happens to be looking at the source code to the already released version of the OS and finds the backdoor and decides to tell management. That programmer gets FIRED!! Well he's pretty pissed off, so he decides to post on/. or some other website the FULL exploit.. well.. I guess anybody running said operating system is now a victim.
My point is.. the more people looking at the code.. the better.. but thats only my opinion.
i BELIEVE it would be so that the SQL server only had to publish the data ONCE instead of posting to each individual web server... the web servers get the information from the SQL servers off of the NFS server and everything works out great.
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he wasn't only there on tuesday.. i MET him on monday.. he signed a RedHat 6.2 cd i got at the RedHat booth earlier :)
Yea, but what makes linux superior to other OS's IMO is that as SOON as a bug is found in a linux kernel or application.. there's a fix for it HOURS LATER!!! Linux programmers from all over the world are working to make this a stable and secure operating system.. with so many eyes looking at the code, bugs will be found.. but bugs will also be FIXED! On closed source platforms.. you're putting your complete trust in their programmers. Microsoft, OS/2, AIX, SUN etc.. could all be full of backdoors that the programmers themselves put in, but nobody will ever be able to verify it unless they're working for that company and have their hands on the source. Here's a little scenario for ya...
/. or some other website the FULL exploit.. well.. I guess anybody running said operating system is now a victim.
A programmer at some software company puts a backdoor in the operating system he's working on and it gets released and millions of people are running the operating system with the viscious backdoor. One day, a co-worker happens to be looking at the source code to the already released version of the OS and finds the backdoor and decides to tell management. That programmer gets FIRED!! Well he's pretty pissed off, so he decides to post on
My point is.. the more people looking at the code.. the better.. but thats only my opinion.
i BELIEVE it would be so that the SQL server only had to publish the data ONCE instead of posting to each individual web server... the web servers get the information from the SQL servers off of the NFS server and everything works out great.