Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 11:50:30 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4.1.19981125114645.06a7c070@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <50415.911993398@zippy.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Tue, 24 Nov 1998 22:53:59 MST." <4.1.19981124224816.0645fda0@127.0.0.1>
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At 03:29 AM 11/25/98 -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> I still think that's so. When you give away freebies, you always want >> to put your best foot forward! If you hand someone something as a sample > >All releases have bugs. If I waited for a completely bug free FreeBSD >before sending out a single promotional copy, you'd be whining even >louder than you do now. There's a fundamental point is not addressed here. When a security hole has been discovered and publicized, the risk to users installing the old version is extremely high. Before that time, it's close to nil. Thus, the issue is not whether there are ANY bugs. It's whether there are known security holes for which scanning programs and scripted exploits exist. This is what sends the risk into the stratosphere and makes the disks "unsafe at any speed." --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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