Date: 12 Mar 1999 15:11:25 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, paul@originative.co.uk, marcs@znep.com, dg@root.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSD/OS compatibility (was: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf .. Message-ID: <xzpg17are5u.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: "Andrey A. Chernov"'s message of "Fri, 12 Mar 1999 16:11:03 %2B0300" References: <19990312155153.A39673@nagual.pp.ru> <2972.921243782@critter.freebsd.dk> <19990312161103.A44679@nagual.pp.ru>
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"Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> writes: > On Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 02:03:02PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > I didn't say FP didn't have holes you could drive SS20s through with > > room to spare, I said that it was not a reason not to bother M$. > Well, to bother M$ is nice idea, but what we'll have as successful > result? FreeBSD cracking tool from M$ called FrontPage Extensions? Do we > really need cracking tool? To be serious we need to wait until now-known > holes will be closed at least. Relax, Andrey. We're not about to include FrontPage Extensions in the base distribution, or recommend it to FreeBSD users. However, there are people who, regardless of the security risks, wish to run FrontPage. If FrontPage is not available for FreeBSD, they will switch to an OS that supports it. The fact that FrontPage has serious security problems is *their* problem, not ours. We're not exactly in the position of Sega or Nintendo, who require all software written for their platforms to pass stringent quality tests. We don't have developers flocking at our doors begging us to let them develop FreeBSD software, and we're not in a position to dictate any aspect of their work. Trying to do so will only drive them away and leave us stranded with no application software and no users. Is that what you want? DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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