On Aug 23, 2005, at 2:14 PM, Paul Hutchinson wrote:

> You can get the source code and compile it all yourself and repeat
> for every security update but, that just isn't practical for me.
>
Well, yeah.  that's my claim; essentially that this sort of thing
isn't practical for ANYONE, and that's why redhat and their ilk
can make money.

When deriding microsoft, one tends t overlook the invisible parts
of windows that work incredibly well for what they do.  I mean;
automatically detecting, downloading, and installing updates that
fix security holes or make possible new hardware, for a multi-GB
operating systems and utilities set?  Wow...

BillW
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