Re: Irv Mullin & Black Hats
Euman wrote:
> > P.S. Microsoft has recently started an anti-UNIX campaign.
> > The servers for the campaign were running FreeBSD. After this
> > was revealed, they moved the servers to Windows, and they stopped
> > working 
> >
> > Martin
>
> What PROOF do you have?
I haven't checked it by myself, but it is easy to detect OS of
a server - from service banners (HTTP/SMTP..) and by examining
TCP stack behavior (nmap is a great tool for this www.insecure.org)
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-874132.html
> I dont understand why Linux or UNIX heads think Windows is Evil.
They don't think Windows is Evil, they think Microsoft is evil.
> Answer this: How many computer users that actually "spend money"
> use Linux and apply the same to MS-Windows.
> You see, Linux is evil toward the programmer and end-user for many reasons.
> Its free and Open-Source which means there are too many hands in the pot.
fundamental questions?
monarchy vs. democracy
capitalism vs. communism
It's harder to choose your own way or to follow the one someone
has chosen for you?
this would be a long discussion...
> Most third party devices dont work or dont have drivers that exist for them
> eg. printers, modems, video-cards, drives, etc...etc....etc
> hell, you might just say a whole freakin machine.
> I could go on and on and on and on and on you get the picture.
That's manufactor's fault he doesn't supply Linux driver and people have
to hack their own.
> I read RedHats Website twice a week to keep up on whats happening in Linux.
> I have a neighbor that work for IBM and one that works for RedHat and live
> pretty close to the corporate headquarters for both and know a bit about them.
>
> If you want to give your software away then do it on Linux but if you want to
> sell
> and actually make something then do it on Windows.
> There are many-many more stock shareholders that have an interest in MS's
> success than there are in Linux, this means the shareholders will insure
> monitarily
> the success of the O/S by making purchases for good solid software that runs
> on MS Windows.
>
> Im a Nascar fan and #3 Earnheardt before his life was cut short was my
> favorite
> every race and the only reason for this was because he was a leader, a
> Champion,
> a Success and had a slogan that read: Lead, follow or get the hell out of the
> way!
We can't judge everything by it's commercial success. Bill Gates is not neither
a great programmer nor a visionary. He just knows well how to sell someone
others
ideas. Apple,Xerox->Windows, Mosaic->Explorer, (can't remember)->Excel, The
Messegner
etc.
Martin
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