Re: why BSDs got no love (and why security gets no love)

2009-12-29 Thread Charlie Kester
On Tue 29 Dec 2009 at 14:51:23 PST Chad Perrin wrote: On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:39:01PM -0800, Charlie Kester wrote: One question, however. Are we prepared to back up the claim that the "sexy" bits of PC-BSD are the least secure? Your argument depends on that claim, since it'

Re: why BSDs got no love (and why security gets no love)

2009-12-29 Thread Charlie Kester
On Tue 29 Dec 2009 at 06:38:23 PST Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:56:51 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: Update: I confirmed that the scheduled publication date for my article will be Tuesday the 29th. It's up at http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=2888 Well done, Chad

Re: why BSDs got no love

2009-12-22 Thread Charlie Kester
On Tue 15 Dec 2009 at 07:33:49 PST Jan Husar wrote: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1123&tag=nl.e011 Others have pointed out that PC-BSD meets the need expressed in this article. As for FreeBSD itself, the question must be asked: do we WANT to get more love from people who judg

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

2009-09-27 Thread Charlie Kester
On Sun 27 Sep 2009 at 12:25:50 PDT Chris Rees wrote: This guy replying to your post was a troll, basically. Ignore him, and Yep. It shows that some Linux fans are just as prone to creating FUD as their adversaries in the Windows world. I'd like to think the BSD community is better than that.