Have a mini-fridge under your cubicle desk for constant snacking. The constant snaking would be the habit. Really though, there are too many fat bastards in IT.
In my opinion, it is completely Panasonic's fault. They delivered a faulty component. From the customer perspective though, Sony must take responsibility, as they integrated and sold the product, and ultimately stand behind the decision to choose Panasonic batteries for the project.
Sony is taking full responsibility. From the article: "Sony said in a statement Friday it was identifying the affected computers by serial number and developing a program to repair or replace them."
The heartbleed vulnerability existed for years in OpenSSL codebase too. We have no idea if someone exploited before it was finally fixed.
The point being that we are starting to see that there are no guarantees that serious bugs will be caught quickly in open source software any better than in closed source software.
Remember also that while the public domain does not see the source for closed software, the company is able to pay for professional code audits which ensures that the code actually gets the eyeballs to go through it very carefully and thoroughly.
In this case, the code is open, so pretty much everyone understands exactly what happens, exactly how bad it is, and how to fix it.
Ahem, sir. Open source can be useful, but it is not a magic bullet like that. Even I can read and understand the C code in OpenSSL, but to see the bigger picture and to understand how this particular software actually works and is arranged is completely different story. I bet that in case of OpenSSL, only under 100 people in the world can "understand exactly what happens, exactly how bad it is, and how to fix it".
That makes absolutely no sense.:) There is almost nothing left of the original SGI. Most of their customers have moved to OS X and Linux a long time ago.
There's many sides to how you can interpret that.:) Maybe he should have had a relaxing New Year's Eve, keeping a break from coding and enjoying some sparkling wine and potato chips. After a few days when returning to work he would have been more refreshed and not make sloppy mistakes.
Really? Then why do we keep hearing about these serious vulnerabilities in OSS software? I just hope that the OSS people do not arrogantly laugh at these issues and realize much later that they have lost the game.
Also more reliable
In my experience Linux is far more unreliable than Windows these days. Sure, show-stopping kernel panics are rare, but little glitches here and there are very common.
boots faster
Win and Lin both boot very quickly, so it's not much of an issue anyway. However Windows 8 knows this extra trick to hibernate part of the system before shutting down, so boots can be extremely quick.
Does not spend ten minutes updated when I turn on, or turn off, PC.
It takes much more time to install all the updates provided by a Linux OS Update Manager than it takes to install the handful of updates that are offered once per month via Windows Update.
By the way, the finally stopped releasing bug fixes for IRIX last December. The company still plans to keep phone tech support going on. They say that the MIPS/IRIX products continue to be a viable solution for many customers, with millions of dollars invested over the years.
Cosmologists say that when we look in the sky and all the stars and planets, we can see them escaping us. This explains that the universe is expanding. But if we can observe the same thing from every side of Earth, wouldn't it mean that we are in the center?
A small history lesson for those who don't know, this is not the same SGI (or Silicon Graphics) than of the graphics workstation fame. This one is Rackable Systems which acquired the assets of the original SGI in 2009 (and SGI Japan in 2011).
It's a shame they don't work properly though. Some weeks ago I played with those widgets and neither of the two weather applets ever displayed any data.
And here we are again. Linux and no proper quality assurance. If this was for example Microsoft, the QA team would have carefully tested each of those widgets before shipping a product.
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Have a mini-fridge under your cubicle desk for constant snacking. The constant snaking would be the habit. Really though, there are too many fat bastards in IT.
Obligatory video: Valve Snack Bar.
So it is completely Sony's fault.
In my opinion, it is completely Panasonic's fault. They delivered a faulty component. From the customer perspective though, Sony must take responsibility, as they integrated and sold the product, and ultimately stand behind the decision to choose Panasonic batteries for the project.
Of course, and I hope they do.
All hardware today will either underclock or shut down when the temperatures get toasty. It's a far cry from being able to ignite a fire.
From the consumer PoV, Sony are 100% responsible.
Sony is taking full responsibility. From the article: "Sony said in a statement Friday it was identifying the affected computers by serial number and developing a program to repair or replace them."
The heartbleed vulnerability existed for years in OpenSSL codebase too. We have no idea if someone exploited before it was finally fixed.
The point being that we are starting to see that there are no guarantees that serious bugs will be caught quickly in open source software any better than in closed source software.
Remember also that while the public domain does not see the source for closed software, the company is able to pay for professional code audits which ensures that the code actually gets the eyeballs to go through it very carefully and thoroughly.
In this case, the code is open, so pretty much everyone understands exactly what happens, exactly how bad it is, and how to fix it.
Ahem, sir. Open source can be useful, but it is not a magic bullet like that. Even I can read and understand the C code in OpenSSL, but to see the bigger picture and to understand how this particular software actually works and is arranged is completely different story. I bet that in case of OpenSSL, only under 100 people in the world can "understand exactly what happens, exactly how bad it is, and how to fix it".
That's one that I agree with, the risk of a backdoors and other malicious features is higher with closed software.
That makes absolutely no sense. :) There is almost nothing left of the original SGI. Most of their customers have moved to OS X and Linux a long time ago.
Australia, Finland and Sweden don't have significant problems with gangs or ethnic violence, however we do have very big drinking cultures.
Not by some statistics.
This OpenSSL bug went unnoticed for years.
There's many sides to how you can interpret that. :) Maybe he should have had a relaxing New Year's Eve, keeping a break from coding and enjoying some sparkling wine and potato chips. After a few days when returning to work he would have been more refreshed and not make sloppy mistakes.
And yet free-software is better than close software, especially security-related one.
How can you say that after a serious vulnerability like this has been discovered? It certainly does not send the message that free software is better.
I don't see how the editors made any mistake here.
Because Windows Update does not allow anyone to update any other installed software than Microsoft software.
That is certainly a good point.
Linux is far more secure than Windows.
Really? Then why do we keep hearing about these serious vulnerabilities in OSS software? I just hope that the OSS people do not arrogantly laugh at these issues and realize much later that they have lost the game.
Also more reliable
In my experience Linux is far more unreliable than Windows these days. Sure, show-stopping kernel panics are rare, but little glitches here and there are very common.
boots faster
Win and Lin both boot very quickly, so it's not much of an issue anyway. However Windows 8 knows this extra trick to hibernate part of the system before shutting down, so boots can be extremely quick.
Does not spend ten minutes updated when I turn on, or turn off, PC.
It takes much more time to install all the updates provided by a Linux OS Update Manager than it takes to install the handful of updates that are offered once per month via Windows Update.
That's a quite clarifying explanation too.
By the way, the finally stopped releasing bug fixes for IRIX last December. The company still plans to keep phone tech support going on. They say that the MIPS/IRIX products continue to be a viable solution for many customers, with millions of dollars invested over the years.
Yep, that makes sense.
Hmm.
Cosmologists say that when we look in the sky and all the stars and planets, we can see them escaping us. This explains that the universe is expanding. But if we can observe the same thing from every side of Earth, wouldn't it mean that we are in the center?
A small history lesson for those who don't know, this is not the same SGI (or Silicon Graphics) than of the graphics workstation fame. This one is Rackable Systems which acquired the assets of the original SGI in 2009 (and SGI Japan in 2011).
Parkin designed the hard disk head parkin' mechanics.
It's a shame they don't work properly though. Some weeks ago I played with those widgets and neither of the two weather applets ever displayed any data.
And here we are again. Linux and no proper quality assurance. If this was for example Microsoft, the QA team would have carefully tested each of those widgets before shipping a product.
But that's all you can know.