It seems like a good marketting ploy to sell gasoline without a profit at a place like McDonalds. If you do that then you'll get a lot more people coming into your store. The extra customers might not all buy food with their gasoline, but some will just because they're already there.
Why is it always about "destroying microsoft" and whatnot. Why can't open source users just come up with a better product that people will want to use, or come to understanding that, at the current time, windows is better than linux on the desktop, and realize that every OS has it's place. It's not all about total world domination for OSS.
Does anyone really need XFree with KDE on a server period? X and KDE aren't really stable enough, imo. So, running them, on a server, probably wouldn't be a very good idea.
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If Iraq didn't have oil, we wouldn't be attacking them. Hell, if Iraq didn't have oil, they wouldn't be dangerous.
Right. Kind of like how we attacked afghanistan for oil, eh?
By the way, you should probably stop responding to posts because you're killing soldiers every time you make stupid fallacies on slashdot.
3) "only one security hole that would allow an intruder to break in from the Internet has been discovered in the past 6 years" I'm just guessing, but I'd think this only includes software as part of the BSD operating system, and not third party contributing software... Hell, the Slapper worm is a port of a BSD worm over to the GNU/Linux system...
Since apache isn't part of BSD or Linux, then Slapper isn't a BSD worm, nor is it a Linux worm. It's an apache worm.
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No, the converse is: If it wasn't run, fewer U.S. and/or Iraqi soldiers would have had to die.
That's absurd. There is no relationship between the amount of energy americans use to the amount of soldiers that die.
Plus, we're not going to attack Iraq, assuming we do, because we want their oil. Maybe you should read up on that?
If you really want to try out OSX, you could just go to ebay and buy a Mac 8500, or something like that, then buy some extra ram and a faster processor card. I managed to get all of this for less than $100.
Then just buy OSX and use XPostFacto, which allows you to run OSX on unsupported macs. Now you have a Mac that allows you to fiddle with OSX for under $150.
Yes, of course, press is absolutely what it's all about. Definately not freedom of code, or stability. It's definately all about getting an article in USA Today, and making sure Microsoft can't use your "free" GPL'd code.
Also, BSD is hardly dying, seeing how it's a key part of OS X, and since OS X and Apple isn't going to die any time soon, well, you do the math.
I also would like to see your case as to how Linux is "undeniably superior to the BSD's." I have yet to see anything Linux can do that you can't do in BSD, or anything you can do better in Linux than you can do in BSD.
You can't STEAL something that is licensed so people can use it anyway they want. Even if microsoft took the BSD TCP/IP stack, so what? What's the big deal if microsoft is using BSD's TCP/IP stack, it's not like microsoft took it and said BSD couldn't use it anymore. Microsoft should be allowed to take their TCP/IP stack and not having to release all their new source code; the original source is still available if you want to download it. You're making a big deal out of nothing.
Singing a song and/or playing an instrument is most definately NOT hard work. It's certainly not so much work that its worth the millions that the artists/record labels make off of it. Not that I don't think the artists shouldn't be paid, but the amount of cash they make severely overweighs the amount of work they put into it. Yet, they STILL complain about losing money, its just absurd.
How long before RMS is going to start whining^H^H^H^H^H^H^H asking to have it called GNU/Tux to help spread his commie^H^H^H^H^H^H GPL, free software movement?
Ports is a generic term, even though that's what Free/OpenBSD call it specifically. NetBSD's pkgsrc could easily be referred to as ports, it "ports" applications to that system, by applying patches and whatnot. Plus, it's a waste of space to type p(kgsrc/orts), when everyone gets your point when you say ports.
It's released every month, and has plenty of interesting information. That's news. And it's for nerds. So, it fits the motto. If you don'twant it on the main page: FILTER IT OUT. Simple concept.
Star wars is for kids who don't get laid because they wear clothes they bought from walmart that have pictures of star wars creatures on them. Maybe that's why you're so hostile?
Also, did you not read what NEWS is? It was rather simple, hell, I even posted the definition. Maybe your mother just didn't read that part to you. This post is NEWS about something NEW, which is the NEW issue of the ezine.
I'm hardly a fan of slashdot editors, but it's annoying when linux-infatuated kiddies like yourself whine about anything else being posted and whatnot. If you don't like it, filter out everything but Mandrake news so you can get the info on when the betas come out, so you can be krad and run 0-day OSes.
Let's see here, you're labelling Star Wars people nerds, but not BSD people? Wow. Star Wars isn't nerdy, it's a horrible movie with a director out to do nothing but make money, and george lucas isn't a great director, to say the least. But, maybe you have a jar-jar fetish, who knows.
Secondly, let's take a look at what "news" is:
news Pronunciation Key (nz, nyz) pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)
- Information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television. - A presentation of such information, as in a newspaper or on a newscast. - New information of any kind: The requirement was news to him.
So, according to those with the ability to concur what that defination means, this article was news.
Thirdly, like I said earlier, if you don't like it, you can filter it out, or go away.
You seem to know a lot about what slashdot should post even though you're not an editor; however, the editors did put this on the front page, if you don't like it, well, there are other sites for trolls such as yourself.
Posting it on slashdot is a good way to get the word out about the vulnerability. The fact that it got/.'d hardly means it shouldnt have been posted. Atleast more people know about it now, and will update eventually. Also, patches were sent out through bugtraq, so if you're subscribed to that you already have the patches in your inbox.
slashdot is unbelievable, they post BETA info of mandrake on the FRONT page but not NetBSD 1.5.3 being released yesterday. This is a BETA release for crying out loud, it's even more buggy than mandrake is when it's actually released. slashdot editors need a kick in the head for being linux-infatuated rejects.
Are there really that many people that own s/390s that are going to put FreeBSD, rather than it's native OS, on it? Seems kind of odd that they're going through all this effort to port it to an arch that probably won't see much use, whereas a sparc or ppc port would see a lot more action. They have some odd priorities.
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It seems like a good marketting ploy to sell gasoline without a profit at a place like McDonalds. If you do that then you'll get a lot more people coming into your store. The extra customers might not all buy food with their gasoline, but some will just because they're already there.
Why is it always about "destroying microsoft" and whatnot. Why can't open source users just come up with a better product that people will want to use, or come to understanding that, at the current time, windows is better than linux on the desktop, and realize that every OS has it's place. It's not all about total world domination for OSS.
Does anyone really need XFree with KDE on a server period? X and KDE aren't really stable enough, imo. So, running them, on a server, probably wouldn't be a very good idea.
If Iraq didn't have oil, we wouldn't be attacking them. Hell, if Iraq didn't have oil, they wouldn't be dangerous.
Right. Kind of like how we attacked afghanistan for oil, eh?
By the way, you should probably stop responding to posts because you're killing soldiers every time you make stupid fallacies on slashdot.
3) "only one security hole that would allow an intruder to break in from the Internet has been discovered in the past 6 years" I'm just guessing, but I'd think this only includes software as part of the BSD operating system, and not third party contributing software... Hell, the Slapper worm is a port of a BSD worm over to the GNU/Linux system...
Since apache isn't part of BSD or Linux, then Slapper isn't a BSD worm, nor is it a Linux worm. It's an apache worm.
No, the converse is: If it wasn't run, fewer U.S. and/or Iraqi soldiers would have had to die.
That's absurd. There is no relationship between the amount of energy americans use to the amount of soldiers that die.
Plus, we're not going to attack Iraq, assuming we do, because we want their oil. Maybe you should read up on that?
If you really want to try out OSX, you could just go to ebay and buy a Mac 8500, or something like that, then buy some extra ram and a faster processor card. I managed to get all of this for less than $100.
Then just buy OSX and use XPostFacto, which allows you to run OSX on unsupported macs. Now you have a Mac that allows you to fiddle with OSX for under $150.
Yes, of course, press is absolutely what it's all about. Definately not freedom of code, or stability. It's definately all about getting an article in USA Today, and making sure Microsoft can't use your "free" GPL'd code.
Also, BSD is hardly dying, seeing how it's a key part of OS X, and since OS X and Apple isn't going to die any time soon, well, you do the math.
I also would like to see your case as to how Linux is "undeniably superior to the BSD's." I have yet to see anything Linux can do that you can't do in BSD, or anything you can do better in Linux than you can do in BSD.
Quite spreading your linux zealot FUD.
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Pardon me. I did not write this. I just pasted the introduction they used, as it fit well, and I didn't s/I/he/. It happens.
You can't STEAL something that is licensed so people can use it anyway they want. Even if microsoft took the BSD TCP/IP stack, so what? What's the big deal if microsoft is using BSD's TCP/IP stack, it's not like microsoft took it and said BSD couldn't use it anymore. Microsoft should be allowed to take their TCP/IP stack and not having to release all their new source code; the original source is still available if you want to download it. You're making a big deal out of nothing.
Singing a song and/or playing an instrument is most definately NOT hard work. It's certainly not so much work that its worth the millions that the artists/record labels make off of it. Not that I don't think the artists shouldn't be paid, but the amount of cash they make severely overweighs the amount of work they put into it. Yet, they STILL complain about losing money, its just absurd.
How long before RMS is going to start whining^H^H^H^H^H^H^H asking to have it called GNU/Tux to help spread his commie^H^H^H^H^H^H GPL, free software movement?
Ports is a generic term, even though that's what Free/OpenBSD call it specifically. NetBSD's pkgsrc could easily be referred to as ports, it "ports" applications to that system, by applying patches and whatnot. Plus, it's a waste of space to type p(kgsrc/orts), when everyone gets your point when you say ports.
It's released every month, and has plenty of interesting information. That's news. And it's for nerds. So, it fits the motto. If you don'twant it on the main page: FILTER IT OUT. Simple concept.
Star wars is for kids who don't get laid because they wear clothes they bought from walmart that have pictures of star wars creatures on them. Maybe that's why you're so hostile?
Also, did you not read what NEWS is? It was rather simple, hell, I even posted the definition. Maybe your mother just didn't read that part to you. This post is NEWS about something NEW, which is the NEW issue of the ezine.
I'm hardly a fan of slashdot editors, but it's annoying when linux-infatuated kiddies like yourself whine about anything else being posted and whatnot. If you don't like it, filter out everything but Mandrake news so you can get the info on when the betas come out, so you can be krad and run 0-day OSes.
Let's see here, you're labelling Star Wars people nerds, but not BSD people? Wow. Star Wars isn't nerdy, it's a horrible movie with a director out to do nothing but make money, and george lucas isn't a great director, to say the least. But, maybe you have a jar-jar fetish, who knows.
Secondly, let's take a look at what "news" is:
news Pronunciation Key (nz, nyz)
pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)
- Information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television.
- A presentation of such information, as in a newspaper or on a newscast.
- New information of any kind: The requirement was news to him.
So, according to those with the ability to concur what that defination means, this article was news.
Thirdly, like I said earlier, if you don't like it, you can filter it out, or go away.
You seem to know a lot about what slashdot should post even though you're not an editor; however, the editors did put this on the front page, if you don't like it, well, there are other sites for trolls such as yourself.
Seeing how OpenSSH uses OpenSSL, yes.
Posting it on slashdot is a good way to get the word out about the vulnerability. The fact that it got /.'d hardly means it shouldnt have been posted. Atleast more people know about it now, and will update eventually. Also, patches were sent out through bugtraq, so if you're subscribed to that you already have the patches in your inbox.
slashdot is unbelievable, they post BETA info of mandrake on the FRONT page but not NetBSD 1.5.3 being released yesterday. This is a BETA release for crying out loud, it's even more buggy than mandrake is when it's actually released. slashdot editors need a kick in the head for being linux-infatuated rejects.
Are there really that many people that own s/390s that are going to put FreeBSD, rather than it's native OS, on it? Seems kind of odd that they're going through all this effort to port it to an arch that probably won't see much use, whereas a sparc or ppc port would see a lot more action. They have some odd priorities.
Yes, it does, and good thing now that there are apache worms in the wild.
I wonder why people think most slashdot users are moronic little linux kiddies. Oh, wait, you're a prime example.