Re: atrticle in: Security Wire Perspectives, Vol. 5, NO. 93, December 19, 2003

["Bruce Ediger" <eballen1 () qwest net>]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Ron DuFresne wrote:

> after the @stake recent actions, to be focused these days upon
> avoiding mentioning the shortcomings from redmond.  Are others reading the
> same these days?

Absolutely.  After the initial stir that Geer/Scheiener et al's anti-
monoculture broadside raised, all the trade rags have run "balanced"
articles designed to soothe CIOs who have all-MSFT shops.

I'm all in favor of balanced journalism, but sometimes you can't balance
or compromise.

I recall reading this little parable:

Two childred argue about how to split a cookie:

Child A says that he/she/it should get all of the cookie.
Child B says that they should cut the cookie in half, and A and B
should each get half.

Adult C steps in and compromises, by splitting the difference:
Child A gets 3/4 of the cookie and Child B gets 1/4.

Sometimes "balance" or "fairness" just doesn't work.


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