Re: RE: Linux (in)security

[Ron DuFresne <dufresne () winternet com>]

        [SNIP]

> Don't get me wrong, I agree with almost all of what you're saying
> about Microsoft's poor track record.  However, in the interest
> of fairness I'd like to add that I've had to back out of a fair
> number of patches to various Unices and Linux systems because the
> patch broke something else, usually in a fairly complex enterprise
> environment.

There's a vast difference in having to backout patches in complex
production env;s and having a poor patch affect all or most every end
desktop/home users system too though.

Thanks,

Ron DuFresne
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OK, so you're a Ph.D.  Just don't touch anything.

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