Actually, that's not a bad idea.
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If FSF/EFF had $1 for every person whose computer I've fixed/reinstalled/upgraded they would have...well heck...atleast $20 more than they have now.
I think that in the future I shall make a point of telling them to donate a small sum to FSF/EFF the next time some coworker of my mom/distant relative/that guy from high school asks me "So what do you want for this?". (Well, the guy who calls at 11:30 PM on a sunday evening because he can't find his favorite font will still have to pay me $50 per hour plus expenses)
Bummer it's a hassle to donate money if you live in Sweden though.
The BSD that is always behind, and unsecure, they even admit their security hole PROUDLY on their homepage.
You are correct in your statement that they proudly flaunt their securityhole. Note however the lack of plurality in that statement.
Yes, one(1!) remote hole in the default install, in more than 7 years.
If Microsoft could boast with this they would spend the equivalent of a small country's GNP on letting you damned well know about it.
If Linux could boast with this then Microsoft wouldn't have that small country's GNP to spend, since everybody would be running Linux instead.
If you by "always behind" mean that Doom 3 can't be run on OBSD then yes, you are correct on that too.
OpenBSD was designed to be a secure server, even with default install. Adding SMP-support have never been a priority in part, I think, because of the inherent security issues that arise from such a implementation. I'm sure there are other reasons as well, none of them beeing that they never got around to implementing it.
So are we agreed then, OpenBSD is always behind, and unsecure?
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If FSF/EFF had $1 for every person whose computer I've fixed/reinstalled/upgraded they would have...well heck...atleast $20 more than they have now. I think that in the future I shall make a point of telling them to donate a small sum to FSF/EFF the next time some coworker of my mom/distant relative/that guy from high school asks me "So what do you want for this?". (Well, the guy who calls at 11:30 PM on a sunday evening because he can't find his favorite font will still have to pay me $50 per hour plus expenses) Bummer it's a hassle to donate money if you live in Sweden though.
Yes, one(1!) remote hole in the default install, in more than 7 years.
If Microsoft could boast with this they would spend the equivalent of a small country's GNP on letting you damned well know about it.
If Linux could boast with this then Microsoft wouldn't have that small country's GNP to spend, since everybody would be running Linux instead.
If you by "always behind" mean that Doom 3 can't be run on OBSD then yes, you are correct on that too.
OpenBSD was designed to be a secure server, even with default install. Adding SMP-support have never been a priority in part, I think, because of the inherent security issues that arise from such a implementation. I'm sure there are other reasons as well, none of them beeing that they never got around to implementing it.
So are we agreed then, OpenBSD is always behind, and unsecure?
I thought so. =)