From: "Robert Comer" 

> (actually, I think Geo wants to start arguing on a different topic, and
> since the pickin's are kinda slim, he's got to stretch things a bit...)

He ought to see our service packs for the AS/400 if he thinks Linux is bad.


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Bob Comer


"/m"  wrote in message
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> On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 08:37:54 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
>>> So? A cd is 700mb so what this tells me is that every program on that CD
>>> got
>>> exploited in 3 months, that's insane!
>>
>>Any Linux distributions I've used recently are way over 1 CD other than
>>minimal "Live" versions.  (They usually come on DVD's or
multiple CD's
>>now.)
>>
>>You are comparing a very old OS (only OS, no office apps or anything else
>>for that matter other than email and browser, and a browser that wont work
>>today on most sites no less) against a modern UNIX variant anyway, so it's
>>no even close to a fair comparison.
>>
>>> If that's the sort of world linux developers live in, I don't see how
>>> they
>>> can possibly feel that every distribution caught and patched every one
>>> of
>>> those exploits. These projects just are not that organized.
>>
>>It's more than just exploits that the patches are for btw, but anyway, I
>>don't know anyone that thinks that other than the same kind of people that
>>think Windows is invulnerable.
>>
>>I'm not saying I like Linux, far from it actually, but you do have to be
>>objective in any comparisons.
>
> (actually, I think Geo wants to start arguing on a different topic, and
> since the pickin's are kinda slim, he's got to stretch things a bit...)
>
> /m

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