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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!nwlink.com!tsunami.ixa.net!news.aa.net!ratty.wolfe.net!news.ATNET.NET!usenet From: jwshafto@atnet.net (John Shafto) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: need secure OS to entrust millions to Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 03:32:29 GMT Organization: AtNet Connections Lines: 61 Message-ID: <4gol9f$232@news.atnet.net> References: <4gi6t6$3h9@lace.colorado.edu> <312D2029.FF6D5DF@FreeBSD.org> <nc0453Dn96w6.93F@netcom.com> Reply-To: john@shafto.org NNTP-Posting-Host: sysadmin.atnet.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:18795 comp.os.linux.misc:90311 comp.os.linux.networking:30860 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:14991 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2401 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2563 nc0453@netcom.com (-) wrote: >In article <312D2029.FF6D5DF@FreeBSD.org>, >Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >>Bryce wrote: >>> I'm writing documentation which advises banks on how to >>> setup an electronic banking software package on a >>> Net-connected, firewall-protected Intel box. Some of the >>> most important banks in the world will be reading this >>> documentation very soon. The current version of the >>> documentation, which I inherited, advises them to run >>> FreeBSD or BSDI. I'm considering changing this >>> recommendation to Linux. >> >>I think this would be an ungodly mistake, frankly. >The message sounds like flamebait to me. Agreed! >Also, one of his candidates was BSDI, which is anything but free. >It's actually rather costly, even though I haven't seen many >advantages, beyond being able to run Netscape Commerce Server. > Agreed! >So that you can place blame on someone else? Exactly! >> It >>almost doesn't matter which (though obviously you're also going to want >>source code just to cover your butt, so things like SCO are probably >>disqualified). >Can you name one commercial OS that provides source code? Precisely why commercial OSs are more secure! >> President, FreeBSD Project >Fascinating. FBSD is not a player in the real market, even by >your opinion. That shows a desperate lack of vision, I'm afraid. Lighten up, the guy was trying to get him to say that, and rather than lie, he freely admits it. He's to be commended, IMHO. His vision is right where it should be, not making claims about FreeBSD that simply are not true. It's a great OS, but to think it would be used in the fictious scenerio that opened this thread is ridiculous. --- ::: John Shafto ::: JWShafto@atnet.net ::: N7YAO, I'll speak for anyone. ATNET Connections, Inc. (509) 766-7253 Psychic Convention canceled due to unforeseen problems.