South Africa needs a lot of things, including technology.
Just because there are other problems that remain to be solved doesn't mean this isn't a Good Thing(tm). What will you say when someone tries to end the corruption? "Screw that, they still haven't cured AIDS"?
Not really. The liberal press just took it and ran with it. It's not like there's going to be a new Homeland Security division to handle suspicious Coke cans. Know what I mean?
That's true. I'm just saying that with some other development processes, people would get paid or have some definite incentive to go through the code with a seriously critical eye, itch or no itch.
Suse 9.1 ships with 2.6 by default, does it not? If so, it's vulnerable to this horribly pathetic security hole that has existed in the entire 2.6 series.
So much for the "many eyes" approach to security, eh? Don't get me wrong, I'm installing Gentoo on my laptop as I type this, but every OS has it's problems. Even Linux.
This is because, as I have always said - OSS software is open to the world and gets more scrutiny. Major problems are found earlier.
Oh really? Then why is the whole linux-2.6 kernel tree vulnerable to a horribly pitiful bug that allows any user to chmod files in/proc?
I'm a GNU/Linux user, and I really want to believe that open source software is under more scrutiny, but how can we know for sure? Even RMS and ESR say that open source only works because programmers need to "scratch an itch" - I'm not sure auditing the security of gigantic projects like mozilla and the linux kernel is an itch that anybody would want to scratch.
The parent is making a very insightful comment: there are tools in Windows, but they are just as foreign to the *nix user as *nix tools are to even the most skilled Windows admin.
That is the most hilarious thing I've read in a long, long time.;)
Yahoo is a prime example of PHP's scalability. Although they still use some legacy C code, nearly all of their new developments use PHP and BSD.
I worked in a small shop developing web apps, and while it wasn't mission critical stuff like banking, it wasn't exactly brainless "dump data from MySQL" stuff either. I was lucky that my boss wasn't picky about languages. But if anyone I work with doubts the power and simplicity of PHP, I usually bring up Yahoo.
IMHO, PHP rocks. It's suitable for pretty much any and all web development. It can be used for quick hacks, or you can code it like a pro with objects and stuff.
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Just because there are other problems that remain to be solved doesn't mean this isn't a Good Thing(tm). What will you say when someone tries to end the corruption? "Screw that, they still haven't cured AIDS"?
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Anyway, who is "they?" You can't seriously believe that everyone who uses linux subscribes to that philosophy.
Congratulations, you can do arithmetic. You get a gold star.
Now re-read my comment.
You can't just declare your variables anywhere you want with C.
Do you think any "good admins" use SuSe 9.1? I ask because SuSe 9.1 is based on 2.6 and was released about 4 months ago.
Days ago? The patch was released less than 48 hours ago, smart guy.
Also, was that bug out in the open and everyone knew about it for months and months before a patch was available? Um...no.
2.5.41 was released in October 2002. You're a schmuck if you believe nobody discovered it before the patch's author.
Not really. The liberal press just took it and ran with it. It's not like there's going to be a new Homeland Security division to handle suspicious Coke cans. Know what I mean?
That's true. I'm just saying that with some other development processes, people would get paid or have some definite incentive to go through the code with a seriously critical eye, itch or no itch.
So much for the "many eyes" approach to security, eh? Don't get me wrong, I'm installing Gentoo on my laptop as I type this, but every OS has it's problems. Even Linux.
I'm a GNU/Linux user, and I really want to believe that open source software is under more scrutiny, but how can we know for sure? Even RMS and ESR say that open source only works because programmers need to "scratch an itch" - I'm not sure auditing the security of gigantic projects like mozilla and the linux kernel is an itch that anybody would want to scratch.
Grow up.
Indeed. I wish I had some mod points so I could mod that up.
I dislike Microsoft as much as the next guy, but Microsoft SFU is a great product. It even won Best of Show at LinuxWorld in 2003.
You, sir, are correct.
I worked in a small shop developing web apps, and while it wasn't mission critical stuff like banking, it wasn't exactly brainless "dump data from MySQL" stuff either. I was lucky that my boss wasn't picky about languages. But if anyone I work with doubts the power and simplicity of PHP, I usually bring up Yahoo.
IMHO, PHP rocks. It's suitable for pretty much any and all web development. It can be used for quick hacks, or you can code it like a pro with objects and stuff.
Actually, Slackware 10 does not ship with Sun's JDK.
Not to mention the fact that it's probably illegal. DMCA, FCC, RIAA - need I go on?
Think they'd go so far as to start paying governments to use their software?
Almost.