On 8/7/14, 9:37 AM, "James B. Byrne" <byrn...@harte-lyne.ca> wrote:
>Which explains, of course, why Linux distributions belonging to the >RedHAt/CentOs/ScientificLinux/RHOS/ClearOS family are so lacking in >popularity >and so seldom found in corporate environments. Those distros are popular because corporate environments value consistency over agility. That's a great decision in a lot of cases (when you're running your corporate Oracle environment on RHEL, you don't have to worry that applying a security patch will change any libraries that Oracle depends upon). It's not a great decision in a constantly changing environment that has to react to malicious actors upgrading their threatware. You know, like spam filtering. There are third-party repos for $REDHAT-LIKE-6 distros that may include an up to date SpamAssassin, or you might see if $REDHAT-LIKE-7 includes the current-but-about-to-be-outdated 3.4.0, or you can switch to Fedora, or start using CPAN, or.... But trying to fight spam with a 4.5-year-old version of SpamAssassin is as likely to succeed as using a 4.5 year old set of virus definitions for your virus filtering. -- Dave Pooser Cat-Herder-in-Chief, Pooserville.com "...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well-preserved piece, but to slide across the finish line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, and shouting GERONIMO!!!" -- Bill McKenna
