When you've got something to start with job it up on Sourceforge and pop us
a message on this list.
Maybe some of us have a use for the same application and will want to help.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Obiozor Okeke <obiozorok...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> Thanks Ross/Ed, yes we're going to dump the custom Windows app and use an
> open source solution using Samba's file share capability (with Samba running
> on OBSD of course :).
>
>
> --- On Fri, 5/22/09, Ross Cameron <abal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Ross Cameron <abal...@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: OpenBSD ESXi VMware image on Soekris Net5501
> > To: "Ed Ahlsen-Girard" <eagir...@cox.net>
> > Cc: misc@openbsd.org
> > Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 9:05 AM
> > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Ed
> > Ahlsen-Girard <eagir...@cox.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 2009-05-22 Ross Cameron wrote:
> > >
> > > > Certainly the hardware chosen isnt anywhere NEAR
> > potent enough,... and
> > > u're
> > > > leaving ure whole configuration open for attack
> > via the ESXi sub layer.
> > > >
> > > > Why not just port the custom app to OpenBSD and
> > run the configuration
> > > > natively on the hardware?
> > >
> > > There are apps on Windows for which "porting" to
> > OpenBSD would be roughly
> > > equivalent to "porting" to NetWare Virtual Loadable
> > Module.
> > >
> > > Maybe he doesn't mind doing it all over from scratch,
> > but that's about what
> > > it
> > > might turn out to be.
> >
> >
> > True but then again I generally find that rewriting and
> > targeting the code
> > for portability and re-use is worth the efforts in the long
> > run.
> >
> > Painting you're self into a corner with regards to coding
> > standards/languages/host OS are generally just a headache
> > waiting to happen
> > in the years to come.
> >
> >
>
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>
>
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