If Bugtraq is made illegal, the vendors wont have to release patches everytime someone finds a bug, and the general public (Including a lot of sysadmins) wont even know the bug is there. That sure would make the alot of software look better, more secure, and more reliable. ECommerce would bustle with the promise of "better, bug free software", and polititians would be there to take the credit. This of course would all be an illusion, and the consumer would suffer. On a personal note, If I had to sit around and wait for patches from my vendor without a forum like bugtraq, my server would be about as secure as a balsa wood shack with cheesecloth for a door.
Its a good thing that the medical field is looking at open source. I would hate it if the last thing I saw in my life was a blue screen on my vitals monitor and a doctor hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL.
Lets just blow it up, then we wont have to make the decision on if its a planet. We wont have to name it, and we wont have to change all of those nifty solar system maps.
In my former job at a factory I was exposed to some of these "Management Methodologies" after we were bought out by a large organization. They claimed that these methods would lower waste and increase profits, but what they really did was hire about 20 new managers that made over $100,000 a year and bought cheaper materials. Even though the cheaper materials translated into a lower quality product, the new managers were hyping it as "the highest quality and best product on the market". The regular workers could see through this sham, and demanded to call a meeting with the management. Many things were said with the result of the management admitting loss of profits. What happened next was shocking... The managers, using something out of the "Lean Manufacturing" handbook, blamed the loss of profits not on the poor quality, but on employee waste. They started timing us and watching the workers all 9 hours of our shift, timing our bathroom breaks, and firing people for stuff like "conflict of interest". Shortly thereafter I quit.
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If Bugtraq is made illegal, the vendors wont have to release patches everytime someone finds a bug, and the general public (Including a lot of sysadmins) wont even know the bug is there. That sure would make the alot of software look better, more secure, and more reliable. ECommerce would bustle with the promise of "better, bug free software", and polititians would be there to take the credit. This of course would all be an illusion, and the consumer would suffer. On a personal note, If I had to sit around and wait for patches from my vendor without a forum like bugtraq, my server would be about as secure as a balsa wood shack with cheesecloth for a door.
Looks like someone didnt get a cookie in thier lunchbox today.
Its a good thing that the medical field is looking at open source. I would hate it if the last thing I saw in my life was a blue screen on my vitals monitor and a doctor hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL.
Lets just blow it up, then we wont have to make the decision on if its a planet. We wont have to name it, and we wont have to change all of those nifty solar system maps.
At least were not throwing dead animals over castle walls anymore.
In my former job at a factory I was exposed to some of these "Management Methodologies" after we were bought out by a large organization. They claimed that these methods would lower waste and increase profits, but what they really did was hire about 20 new managers that made over $100,000 a year and bought cheaper materials. Even though the cheaper materials translated into a lower quality product, the new managers were hyping it as "the highest quality and best product on the market". The regular workers could see through this sham, and demanded to call a meeting with the management. Many things were said with the result of the management admitting loss of profits. What happened next was shocking... The managers, using something out of the "Lean Manufacturing" handbook, blamed the loss of profits not on the poor quality, but on employee waste. They started timing us and watching the workers all 9 hours of our shift, timing our bathroom breaks, and firing people for stuff like "conflict of interest". Shortly thereafter I quit.