Your links are irrelevant to the question asked. The question is whether Microsoft used Open Source code to write their Kerberos implementation and you respond with links to stories about Microsoft's implementation being faulty.
That's like claiming M$ stole Mozilla code because their HTML impelementation is not standards compliant. Illogical, isn't it.
Microsoft embracing and extending Kerberos was because the Kerberos spec (RFC 1050) had an extra field specifically for people to use to send extra data. This has nothing to do with BSD vs. GPL or whatever else RMS was talking about but with the fact that the Kerberos spec had a loophole that encouraged interoperability which M$ exploited. Or is RMS suggesting that RFC's should now be GPLed?
Anyway, M$ did provide the altered specs after much community outcry.
Did you read the article you linked? The first paragrapgh reads
With the threat of
writers and actors strikes looming this year, the real drama surrounding drama pilot season is the cliffhanger of whether any of the projects will be produced in time to launch the 2001-02 season on schedule in the fall.
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You label the comment above as "Insightful", and yet label it's parent as "Troll". And why? For claiming that Internet might not be the most important thing in the world.
Yet another armchair critic who doesn't get it.
The African guy said that although the Internet isn't the most important thing in the world, it has brought tangible benefits for him and his friends. Instead of recognizing this, people like you and the +4 Troll poster are attacking people who are giving their time and energy to help Africans.
Sadly, it's now a Slashdot clichè that whenever a post about technology in the third world is mentioned, some moron has to state "Give them food, not computers". Well guess what, access to the Internet gives them access to information on diseases, family members, health tips, agricultural practices, etc and everyone knows "Knowledge Is Power".
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Of course, I'm sure you'd rather people flew to Africa with a bag of groceries instead of helping anyway they know how.
The more I read about Linux certifications the more disturbed I get.
As if we don't have enough to worry about with boneheaded MSCEs who crammed just enough to pass their multiple choice tests becoming system admins, we now have to deal Linux admins who will soon be "Red Hat certified". Am I the only one that is disturbed by Red Hat's Microsoft-like tactics such as their so called "Red Hat network" which is a pay service less functional than Debian's apt-get and a cron job?
Soon we'll have Linux administrators who are completely clueless outside the Red Hat sandbox, who cannot do the more intricate tasks that *nix administrators need to perform without handholding. This is especially frightening when one realizes Red Hat is the most insecure Linux distro out there.
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Your links are irrelevant to the question asked. The question is whether Microsoft used Open Source code to write their Kerberos implementation and you respond with links to stories about Microsoft's implementation being faulty.
That's like claiming M$ stole Mozilla code because their HTML impelementation is not standards compliant. Illogical, isn't it.
Microsoft embracing and extending Kerberos was because the Kerberos spec (RFC 1050) had an extra field specifically for people to use to send extra data. This has nothing to do with BSD vs. GPL or whatever else RMS was talking about but with the fact that the Kerberos spec had a loophole that encouraged interoperability which M$ exploited. Or is RMS suggesting that RFC's should now be GPLed?
Anyway, M$ did provide the altered specs after much community outcry.
You label the comment above as "Insightful", and yet label it's parent as "Troll". And why? For claiming that Internet might not be the most important thing in the world.
Yet another armchair critic who doesn't get it. The African guy said that although the Internet isn't the most important thing in the world, it has brought tangible benefits for him and his friends. Instead of recognizing this, people like you and the +4 Troll poster are attacking people who are giving their time and energy to help Africans.
Sadly, it's now a Slashdot clichè that whenever a post about technology in the third world is mentioned, some moron has to state "Give them food, not computers". Well guess what, access to the Internet gives them access to information on diseases, family members, health tips, agricultural practices, etc and everyone knows "Knowledge Is Power".
br. Of course, I'm sure you'd rather people flew to Africa with a bag of groceries instead of helping anyway they know how.
The more I read about Linux certifications the more disturbed I get.
As if we don't have enough to worry about with boneheaded MSCEs who crammed just enough to pass their multiple choice tests becoming system admins, we now have to deal Linux admins who will soon be "Red Hat certified". Am I the only one that is disturbed by Red Hat's Microsoft-like tactics such as their so called "Red Hat network" which is a pay service less functional than Debian's apt-get and a cron job?
Soon we'll have Linux administrators who are completely clueless outside the Red Hat sandbox, who cannot do the more intricate tasks that *nix administrators need to perform without handholding. This is especially frightening when one realizes Red Hat is the most insecure Linux distro out there.