Sinkael:
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So it would give another reason to push for Linux on our desktops (boss hates it when I keep pushing for linux)...
That's the spirit! I push linux to virtually everybody :cool:
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The biggest reply is always, how can something that shows every programmer in the world its flaws be secure when everyone knows how to break it.
I think that is quite stupid. How can you ever know wether a system is secure if it's closed source? Who ever said that? Don't they know that alot of viru writers write windoze viruses to show that is a load of crap?
It is, simply a fact, that NT boxes are easy to crack (at least, in comparison to something better, i haven't got the slightest cracker knowledge ...) and people do not see it as a challenge anymore.
And if you, as a programmer, are smart enough to break into an open source box (like linux, openbsd, et c) just by
looking at its code I think you should do a better job by making your own system from that source.
There are a lot of cracker (in this case, 'cracker' means something like: 'very good') programmers out there, who can write excellent programs. Not only will they let you see it, they
invite you to make something better if you can. Why? Because they have a
heart for the job, and want everybody to profit from their work, and not just a billion-dollar company, who can, with its closed source, put anything into its OS from spyware to backdoors.
To say it short:
- Who says M$ software is secure? You can't know.
- The source for OS's like Linux are continuously opdated, bugs get fixed real quick in comparison to M$, and for security - wow, if you're a programmer, just take a look at Linux' source !
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[ October 16, 2002: Message edited by: -=f00bar=- ]