User: PavelP

Obliged? Certainly NOT

On: How Long Should an Open Source Project Support Users?

Is an open source project obliged to provide support for its users?

Certainly NOT. From GPLv2:

no warranty

11. because the program is licensed free of charge, there is no warranty for the program, to the extent permitted by applicable law. except when otherwise stated in writing the copyright holders and/or other parties provide the program "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. the entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program is with you. should the program prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction.

The rest is all about goodwill of developers and active users. That means you.

Security, monoliths, compartments and Chernobyl

On: Microkernel: The Comeback?

RBMK reactor in Chernobyl did have separate compartments (called "channels") that were supposed to localize security problems. Guess what? Didn't help. Rather, building a huge monolithic containment structure is the method of choice for modern reactors.
Both a microkernel "driver process" and Linux "driver module" can take down the whole system if the interfaces are not designed properly, or they can both contain the problem without major losses. Saying that "message passing" interface is much more secure by definition than any other one sounds too preachy.

Everything's good but....

On: Corporate Work in the US vs. Canada?

There's only one problem with work in Canada... is that there's no jobs here. Found one - feel lucky.