Why would you link to that? According to the very first table, Linux (aggr.) has 147 vulnerabilities over the four years listed, while NT has 146. Granted, that doesn't say much for Microsoft, but Linux is not a secure OS (most distros are as bad as Microsoft in enabling useless, potentially vulnerable services in the default install). Linux can be MADE to be secure, but then so can NT, so there's really no point to be made there.
If you're going to crow about security, at least back a secure OS, like OpenBSD, and in the meantime, pressure Red Hat and the other major distros to think more about security in their default installs.
Oracle's actions here = uncovering the connection between Microsoft and phony "independent" lobbying groups.
If our news media hadn't become as complacent as they are, they would have done this research themselves. Since most news sources now think of reporting as the act of publishing press releases, you need to go out and find the truth for yourself. I see nothing wrong with what Oracle did, and your attempt to confuse the issue helps no one.
You don't need DeCSS to rip video from a DVD, although you can of course use it for that. On the other hand, you can hack up a version of PowerDVD to dump the video to a file, and let your licensed DVD Decoder do the work.
DeCSS can be used to pirate DVD, but it's hardly necessary.
There's nothing in OSS that says you can't collect money for what you're doing. I believe you're making the common mistake of confusing Open Source Software with the Free Software Foundation, which believes in developing code "for the good of humanity."
It's not totally inaccurate. In a sense, pirates (of the sea) took whatever they wanted, because they could. The raping and killing was largely a side-effect of this theft. In the case of mp3/dvd/insert-other-infringement-here, people are taking whatever they want, because they can.
I'm not making a value judgment either way, just pointing out that piracy isn't a terribly inaccurate term.
Are you honestly claiming that if you enter into a contract with someone to host your website, that it's entirely within their discretion to take your site offline? No, I think you're trying to confuse the issue by insinuating that this is the choice of the provider, instead of a product the hysterically litigious society we live in, and attributing these types of censorship to it. We are rapidly becoming a society in which you are only free if you can afford to hire a lawyer and BUY that freedom.
I don't blame web-hosting companies and ISPs for yanking content when they are threatened, but I do blame the society that allows it to happen.
Verio had no problem hosting their site for ~2 years...it was when the court orders started flying that it was shut down, purportedly for child pornography. From what I hear, it was a text-only site that simply expressed their views on age-of-consent laws, but since the few mirrors were shut down as well, I don't get to see firsthand.
On a lighter note, www.ircnews.com got shut down with a phone call from someone claiming that their parody site libeled him. No due process, just shut down because some guy picked up the phone. I actually prefer China's censorship to ours, because at least it's consistent. If you say anything bad about the government, you get shut down. Here, all it takes is to piss someone off and hurt their feelings, and then the burden is on you to prove your innocence. This isn't the freedom I was brought up to expect.
As a member of a band, could you please share with me HOW? Telling me that you do it, doesn't tell me how it helps you. Further, by posting AC and ranting back at me, you haven't exactly built a lot of credibility.
I'm willing to believe that Napster could be used by bands that want to get their music out, but I'm not hearing how it can be accomplished on Napster, and what makes Napster better than web-based distribution. Why force people to install a proprietary client to get at your music, when you could place it on a web page, accessible to anyone with a browser?
Yeah, he spewed his ignorant hyperbole AFTER reading the article!
Well, this IS slashdot...the ignorant hyperbole is part of the atmosphere. It's just nice to see someone actually read the article first, so we all know where the ranting started.
I don't necessarily think that the DVD decoder is something that I need in my computers, but if I were buying a computer today, I'd want to make sure a DVD drive was included. Companies are starting to release data DVDs (Microsoft's MSDN and Technet can now be had on DVD, instead of multiple CDs), and that can be a huge benefit. It really doesn't cost much more to have DVD installed, and the potential benefit with regards to data DVDs makes it worthwhile, I think. I remember back when CD-ROMs were making their entry into the market, and I'd invariably come across people that said "Why would I want that? I won't be listening to music on my computer."
Heh, actually I understood perfectly from the beginning, but high-end Alpha servers are well outside Microsoft's market, and so they're punitive licensing practices wouldn't be brought to bear.
Then again, maybe I'm just pissed off that no matter what the story is, Microsoft bashers and Linux zealots all need to chime in.
This is what I get for feeding a damned troll, I guess.
I should have added another sentence, I guess. Since those Alpha servers will not ever be running a Microsoft product of any kind, I fail to see how MS could become upset if they were to ship with Linux. Allow me to rephrase: "What the hell does Microsoft have to do with an 8-32 processor Alpha server?"
Oh, go ahead and flame. Javascript hijacking of the status bar is almost as annoying as blink. I don't know who the hell this guy is, but if that's the future of the web, we may as well just put it in a handbasket and send it on its way.
In case you missed it, one of the results of that Telecommunications Act thingy was that cable companies are now required to pay the broadcast networks if they carry their content. Now, based on that, how happy do you think the networks will be to hear that the big bad Internet is now carrying their content?
I wish you people would read one of these articles before posting. As has been stated repeatedly, Metallica's list contained only the names of people that were offerring their songs on Napster. Whether or not you searched for it is irrelevant. On the other hand, if your roommate had Metallica available for download, then he did screw you.
Once more, for the hopelessly dense - only people that made Metallica songs available for download are on the list.
Thank you, drive through
OT: I'm now waiting 70 seconds because I somehow hit the lameness filter for caps, for using one freakin word in all caps. The trolls are right....the lameness filter is lame.
Furthermore, how many people have audited their apache code since the vulnerability of apache.org was announced? Are you waiting for someone else to announce that they downloaded trojaned code, and a pretty patch file to be released for you?
The problems in Outlook are caused by people running code they trust for no apparently good reason. I would submit than anyone that has downloaded code from apache.org, and not audited it since their vulnerability was announced, is committing the same error.
PBS? Who the hell do you think you're kidding? That came directly from an episode of the People's Court....don't be dropping PBS on us like you're all educated and shit, and that an unnamed PBS special carries more authority than TV small claims court shows. Damned pretentious posts.
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If you're going to crow about security, at least back a secure OS, like OpenBSD, and in the meantime, pressure Red Hat and the other major distros to think more about security in their default installs.
The address is www.microsoft.com/freedomtoinnovate. What's to speculate?
Oracle's actions here = uncovering the connection between Microsoft and phony "independent" lobbying groups.
If our news media hadn't become as complacent as they are, they would have done this research themselves. Since most news sources now think of reporting as the act of publishing press releases, you need to go out and find the truth for yourself. I see nothing wrong with what Oracle did, and your attempt to confuse the issue helps no one.
DeCSS can be used to pirate DVD, but it's hardly necessary.
It's much nicer than VCD, which has been floating around for a while now. A Gnutella search for DivX will answer all your questions.
There's nothing in OSS that says you can't collect money for what you're doing. I believe you're making the common mistake of confusing Open Source Software with the Free Software Foundation, which believes in developing code "for the good of humanity."
I'm not making a value judgment either way, just pointing out that piracy isn't a terribly inaccurate term.
I don't blame web-hosting companies and ISPs for yanking content when they are threatened, but I do blame the society that allows it to happen.
Yes...staging ground for the Russians=cuban missile crisis. Did you think you had a point, or were you just trying to help him prove his?
On a lighter note, www.ircnews.com got shut down with a phone call from someone claiming that their parody site libeled him. No due process, just shut down because some guy picked up the phone. I actually prefer China's censorship to ours, because at least it's consistent. If you say anything bad about the government, you get shut down. Here, all it takes is to piss someone off and hurt their feelings, and then the burden is on you to prove your innocence. This isn't the freedom I was brought up to expect.
I'm willing to believe that Napster could be used by bands that want to get their music out, but I'm not hearing how it can be accomplished on Napster, and what makes Napster better than web-based distribution. Why force people to install a proprietary client to get at your music, when you could place it on a web page, accessible to anyone with a browser?
Well, this IS slashdot...the ignorant hyperbole is part of the atmosphere. It's just nice to see someone actually read the article first, so we all know where the ranting started.
How does Napster help unknown/up-and-coming artists? How do you find an unknown band through a search service? What do you search for?
mp3.com helps unsigned artists to get their music out to the masses, but I don't see how Napster could.
Moderate this guy up. He seems to be the only one to have read the article before spewing ignorant hyperbole.
I don't necessarily think that the DVD decoder is something that I need in my computers, but if I were buying a computer today, I'd want to make sure a DVD drive was included. Companies are starting to release data DVDs (Microsoft's MSDN and Technet can now be had on DVD, instead of multiple CDs), and that can be a huge benefit. It really doesn't cost much more to have DVD installed, and the potential benefit with regards to data DVDs makes it worthwhile, I think. I remember back when CD-ROMs were making their entry into the market, and I'd invariably come across people that said "Why would I want that? I won't be listening to music on my computer."
I'm pretty sure there aren't any hax0rs launching DDoS from dialpad.com.
Then again, maybe I'm just pissed off that no matter what the story is, Microsoft bashers and Linux zealots all need to chime in.
This is what I get for feeding a damned troll, I guess.
Better?
What the hell does Windows 98 have to do with an 8-32 processor server? Did your knee-jerk Microsoft hatred get the best of you on this one?
Oh, go ahead and flame. Javascript hijacking of the status bar is almost as annoying as blink. I don't know who the hell this guy is, but if that's the future of the web, we may as well just put it in a handbasket and send it on its way.
In case you missed it, one of the results of that Telecommunications Act thingy was that cable companies are now required to pay the broadcast networks if they carry their content. Now, based on that, how happy do you think the networks will be to hear that the big bad Internet is now carrying their content?
Um....you mean the MPAA?
Once more, for the hopelessly dense - only people that made Metallica songs available for download are on the list.
Thank you, drive through
OT: I'm now waiting 70 seconds because I somehow hit the lameness filter for caps, for using one freakin word in all caps. The trolls are right....the lameness filter is lame.
The problems in Outlook are caused by people running code they trust for no apparently good reason. I would submit than anyone that has downloaded code from apache.org, and not audited it since their vulnerability was announced, is committing the same error.
PBS? Who the hell do you think you're kidding? That came directly from an episode of the People's Court....don't be dropping PBS on us like you're all educated and shit, and that an unnamed PBS special carries more authority than TV small claims court shows. Damned pretentious posts.