Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 21:56:02 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: "John Howie" <JHowie@msn.com> Cc: "James Wyatt" <jwyatt@rwsystems.net>, "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.org>, "Chris D . Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftpd bug in FreeBSD through at least 3.4 Message-ID: <23683.970516562@critter> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Oct 2000 12:56:56 PDT." <036301c02caa$ebc17300$fd01a8c0@pacbell.net>
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In message <036301c02caa$ebc17300$fd01a8c0@pacbell.net>, "John Howie" writes: >> >Are you saying that if we found a terrible bug (not this easy one) >> >somewhere critical in 3.5.%d, we'd all have to immediatly upgrade? - Jy@ >> >> Yes, I am saying that. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >And this is why Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, et al will NEVER beat a supported >pay-for-use Operating System like Windows in the eyes of real-world >business-critical system administrators and CIOs. Of course, all the egos, >moaning, and bitching don't help either. Send me private email, and I'll send you my pricelist. Once you've taken you pick there, we are competing on level ground. Until you do you're asking me to waste my spare time because you cannot be bothered to upgrade your system to recent releases. Feel free to estimate my enthusiasm for your problem. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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