__/ [ B Gruff ] on Monday 17 July 2006 14:53 \__
> On Monday 17 July 2006 11:02 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> McAfee's new security journal: Sage is not sage
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>> | In that briefing, Marcus admitted there were some "controversial"
>> | opinions contained in the inaugural issue, but said they were not
>> | attempts to create FUD about open source. I've since had a chance to
>> | review the first issue and have my own opinion about that.
>> `----
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>> http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/15/1331229&from=rss
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> "But if you are knowledgeable about open source software, or the debate
> over full-disclosure in the world of computer security, you'll find Sage
> one-sided and lacking in substance. Open source is the least of Microsoft's
> security problems. McAfee's business model depends upon that teeming
> cesspool of insecurity, however, so it shies away from the real issues and
> fundamental causes. McAfee wants to address those issues in the same way
> the pharmaceutical firms want to see the threat of AIDS disappear"
The funny thing here is that Linux gets the blame. Windows boxes are used to
SPAM cyberspace and launch DDOS attacks while Linux machines always behave
themselves. And yet, somehow Linux (or OSS) is perceived as the culprit.
To use someone else's analogy, it's like blaming Microsoft Word for crime
because people use it to write random letters. It's also like blaming
MacDonald's and Pizza Hut for feeding all these script kiddies in their
basement/garage/mom's house.
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