User: rish2

Not news, at least for perl

On: Denial of Service via Algorithmic Complexity

Mark Jason Dominus demonstrated this some time ago....When Hashes go wrong. Also interesting that the exploit he posted for perl also uses 10,000 inputs to demonstrate the problem.

Why isn't Fujitsu on the list of possible buyers ?

On: Available To The Right Buyer: Sun Microsystems

Hmm. They already sell their own high end Sparc servers, and they were, in the recent past, a Sun reseller and service partner

Other tidbits:

• a "cheatsheet" for Sun sales droids on how to compete against Fujitsu
• An article at The Register suggests that Fujitsu is growing in market share, where Sun is not.

Likely buyout partner...

On: The Faded Sun

Lots of horsesh*t in the article, but it doesn't change the main point.

If you are wondering who might buy them out, here's my guess: Fujitsu.

As for what they have in common, see: . 'Tis ironic though, that the former Amdahl mainframe company could end up engulfing Sun. Heh.