Yet by chosing to post this nonsense, you help propagate the evangilical perception of the slashdot community. There is a large difference between sparking meaningful discussion and printing pure rubbish. If the intent was for discussion, a different title and some editorial comments in the synopsis would have served that purpose.
Linux might be safe from almost all the malware, but if you are using Linux as your file server for Windows clients, it is a big deal. It's those Windows clients you're buying the protection for.
Just think about the value of a file server that is immune from most malware and has the reliability of Linux plus offers protection for your Windows desktops. To me, that's a winning combination.
All the major AV vendors release signatures multiple times a day if the new threat is severe enough. Pay attention during any major outbreak and you will see McAfee, Symantec, Trend and others all releasing. It does not matter the day of the week nor the time of day.
I would not consider the housecall product appropriate for your "corporate" customers. That's a consumer product. If you are truly advising corporate customers, you should really be doing real evaluation of products designed for businesses.
Did you happen to check to see if the scanning was actually disabled just because the UI was zapped? Just because it doesn't tell you that it detected something does not mean that it is still not working in the background.
And those are not loopholes. You can't double tax companies just because the government wants to spend it. Removing those laws will put American companies at a further disadvantage as foreign companies will not be paying those double taxes. I also fail to see how these tax laws affect where a company has its employees. The money will still reside in which ever country it was earned in. You don't need the majority of your engineering staff in India to keep your Indian proceeds in India.
Besides, the thing Kerry ignores is that taxes are not the reason for offshoring. The expense of American labor is the reason. The truth is that an American employee with a $0 income is more expensive than the average engineer in India. When you look at the cost of medicare, social security, health care and everything else laws require employers to pay, American's are very expensive. An American earning $60k costs their employer between $100k to $120k. What Kerry does not want you to realize is that Democrats have so sold out to labor unions for votes/campaign cash, that they have enacted so many laws a regulations that union employees are losing jobs to cheaper countries.
Why is this even posted to Slashdot? First, this is at least nine months old. The only reason why it's in the NY Times yet again is the election is near and they have a very well known bias. There's nothing new in the story. Secondly, this has nothing at all to do with technology. I could have sworn Slashdot recently set up a separate area for politically slanted news. Crap like this needs to stop.
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Yet by chosing to post this nonsense, you help propagate the evangilical perception of the slashdot community. There is a large difference between sparking meaningful discussion and printing pure rubbish. If the intent was for discussion, a different title and some editorial comments in the synopsis would have served that purpose.
Linux might be safe from almost all the malware, but if you are using Linux as your file server for Windows clients, it is a big deal. It's those Windows clients you're buying the protection for. Just think about the value of a file server that is immune from most malware and has the reliability of Linux plus offers protection for your Windows desktops. To me, that's a winning combination.
All the major AV vendors release signatures multiple times a day if the new threat is severe enough. Pay attention during any major outbreak and you will see McAfee, Symantec, Trend and others all releasing. It does not matter the day of the week nor the time of day. I would not consider the housecall product appropriate for your "corporate" customers. That's a consumer product. If you are truly advising corporate customers, you should really be doing real evaluation of products designed for businesses.
Did you happen to check to see if the scanning was actually disabled just because the UI was zapped? Just because it doesn't tell you that it detected something does not mean that it is still not working in the background.
And those are not loopholes. You can't double tax companies just because the government wants to spend it. Removing those laws will put American companies at a further disadvantage as foreign companies will not be paying those double taxes. I also fail to see how these tax laws affect where a company has its employees. The money will still reside in which ever country it was earned in. You don't need the majority of your engineering staff in India to keep your Indian proceeds in India. Besides, the thing Kerry ignores is that taxes are not the reason for offshoring. The expense of American labor is the reason. The truth is that an American employee with a $0 income is more expensive than the average engineer in India. When you look at the cost of medicare, social security, health care and everything else laws require employers to pay, American's are very expensive. An American earning $60k costs their employer between $100k to $120k. What Kerry does not want you to realize is that Democrats have so sold out to labor unions for votes/campaign cash, that they have enacted so many laws a regulations that union employees are losing jobs to cheaper countries.
Why is this even posted to Slashdot? First, this is at least nine months old. The only reason why it's in the NY Times yet again is the election is near and they have a very well known bias. There's nothing new in the story. Secondly, this has nothing at all to do with technology. I could have sworn Slashdot recently set up a separate area for politically slanted news. Crap like this needs to stop.