> > If nobody had to turn off freshclam, why clamscan had to stop > working? > > > > In this thread I'm seeing a lot of people blaming the sysadmin. Is it > > crowded by sysadmins who like to show they are much more competent > > than > > their colleagues? > > Why, because all the whiners on the list have gotten the ire up listen > to people whine that their (making an analogy here) 10 year old car > they have not changed the oil or air filter or spark plugs in since > they bought from the dealer has not stopped working.
(Entering analogy more me too, then) If that car stops working because it has enough, it is fine. If it stops because somebody put the sugar in the reservoir, that's another. A remote 'kill' is like putting sugar in the reservoir of an almost exhausted car. It is sabotage, not natural death... > > > > Why nobody from the ClamAV team likes to explain to *users* why they > > decided > > to stop their own working clamscan, when there were tons of suitable > > alternatives? > > > > Because they used this solution to the problem which is their choice. > I personally do not let my ClamAV get more than 1 major revision > behind. And before you go on as say that is because I run new hardware > and distributions, I do not. My current OS is has not been supported > by the vendor in a LONG time. What does this mean to me? It means that > I AM responsible now for making sure all is well and requires more > attention from me. If owners want "unmanaged" systems, they should use > the money they are saving on management and upgrade the hardware / > software every couple of years. Then the systems can remain happily > unmanaged. If they want to have unmanaged systems AND no > responsiblilty.... well I want to be a billionaire but I do not > believe it is just going to happen...... This is fine if age causes failure. It is not if someone purposely causes the failure. And, by the way, I still have to understand the real purpose of all this. Giampaolo > > Nobody here gave a serious rationale about it. The way "sysadmins" > are > > attacked here, seems to me that the 0.96 case has nothing to do with > > open > > software, but instead with marketing. > > > > So please, the genius in the management who came out with this smart > > idea > > may please came out and explain to us the why? Many people already > > know the > > when... > > > > Giampaolo > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit > http://wiki.clamav.net > > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml > > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit > http://wiki.clamav.net > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
