Let's not confuse issues.  Linux is a kernel.  Redhat is a software company.

Besides the fact that Redhat uses the Linux kernel, they have nothing to do
with each other.

--Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Ballantyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: Frivolous forking


:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
:>  > Several turnkey system vendors have converted to qmail.
:>
:> This is besides the point.  Redhat ships sendmail because you are
:> uncooperative.  This is a security disaster which is entirely YOUR fault.
:>
:
:This conversation is making me yearn for reposts of FAQ 5.4. I don't
:use Linux. I don't use Redhat - these conversations have made it even
:more clear to me that I never want to use Linux or Redhat. Why would
:anyone want to use a product that placed vendor convenience over
:excellence? I run qmail in a non-standard location and it works just
:fine. Dan provides a binary editor to fix uids, and I have used it
:once or twice to schlep binaries between different systems. It would
:seem trivially easy for a competent distributor to adapt to both of
:these conditions. I know I could write an install script that would
:handle this... To blame djb for someone else shipping sendmail
:is, well, it's hysterical.
:
:Enough is enough already...
:
:sdb
:
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