On Saturday 01 March 2003 22:44, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> I don't think you could have chosen a worse analogy.
Read the thread again. I was replying to Paul Johnson who could not understand
that people can need security support for more than three years. To you I
would say that Moores law relate
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 12:59:11PM +0100, Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote:
> On Friday 28 February 2003 11:26, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > Why is obscelesence somehow a surprise to people?
>
> Because you don't expect your vacuum cleaner to
> need a new hose every 3 years... ?
I don't think you could have ch
On Saturday 01 March 2003 16:07, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Software != household appliances
They are placed next to each other in many stores. Now even grocery stores
offer PC's. Milk, eggs and XP2003 ... Darwin says: Adopt or die.
Svenn
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On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 12:59:11PM +0100, Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote:
> > Why is obscelesence somehow a surprise to people?
>
> Because you don't expect your vacuum cleaner to
> need a new hose every 3 years... ?
Software != household appliances
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On Friday 28 February 2003 11:26, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Why is obscelesence somehow a surprise to people?
Because you don't expect your vacuum cleaner to
need a new hose every 3 years... ?
Svenn
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Johann Spies wrote:
> The article "New Linux support policies are ominous" by Jon Lasser,
> Security Focus Online at
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/29330.html is disturbing. It
not a issue at all ...
one usually doesnt pay redhat's $50K/yr support or $300
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 11:48:28AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> The article "New Linux support policies are ominous" by Jon Lasser,
> Security Focus Online at
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/29330.html is disturbing. It
> highlights new support policies from Mandrake and Redhat that is ba
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 11:48:28AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> The article "New Linux support policies are ominous" by Jon Lasser,
> Security Focus Online at
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/29330.html is disturbing. It
Not really. Is it really too much to ask that you go download free
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 11:48:28AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> What exactly is Debian's policy regarding security support for older
> versions? I know there is still support for potato, but for how long?
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce-0302/msg00010.html
> What are the opinions
The article "New Linux support policies are ominous" by Jon Lasser,
Security Focus Online at
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/29330.html is disturbing. It
highlights new support policies from Mandrake and Redhat that is bad
for the reputation of Linux in the industry. There is also a
refere
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