Posted by Steve on 01/25/08 21:41

"Ali Bobo" <1001webs@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jan 23, 7:02 am, Onideus Mad Hatter <use...@backwater-

> I doubt it will. Even .Net, the new secure infrastructure, and built
> with security in mind, lets you have access to the 'old ways'. Yes,
> you are not supposed to, but people somehow do, and hackers will.
> Microsoft and its customer are addicted to backwards compatibility in
> a way that makes a heroin addict look silly.

yes, it's called keeping customers (for ms) and, not redesigning your entire
business application layer (for the customer). that's silly?

> And if Microsoft does change its ways, what incentive will you have to
> stick with Microsoft? If you have to start over from scratch to build
> your app in this new, secure Microsoft environment, will you pay the
> hundreds or thousands of dollars to go the Microsoft route, or the $0
> to go with Linux?

$0 with linux? that's a blanket statement without context and lends itself
very ammenably to fit, in forfieture, in the recyling bin.

> In the enterprise Linux space, 2006 was marked by greater expansion of
> Linux into vertical markets, new products, and most notably, a string
> of surprise business deals among vendors.

i get the impression, ali, that you've no idea what you've just said...hmmm,
all i need is some proof...

> Additional companies entered the Linux vendor pool this year, as well,
> with the rollouts of new multifunctional network management
> appliances, antivirus products, business intelligence (BI) software,
> and other third-party wares at Networld + Interop, LinuxWorld, and
> other computing conferences.

same as the above...but, where's my proof? oh yeah, happily plagurized from
the link you posted here:

> http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3651486

i knew i shouldn't give you too much credit for sounding 'credible'.
compared to your other posts, you actually started to sound smart...until i
see that you've merely mastered CTL+C, CTL+V.

;7)

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