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gerry:
lu666s.......ok thanx
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by lu666s:
Re VoidMain point that something of this sort may be in 'inserted' in linux: The answer is, it might, but for how long it would stay in there? You can look at the kernel source any time, so if someone tries to hide something in there, it would not last a day without being spotted and eradicated. This is one of the most appealing features that open source offers, without a doubt.
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First off as you know I am totally pro open source and totally against M$. But the using the technique in that article I referenced there would be no trace of the back door in any source code. You could recompile said source code and the back door would continue to be in the binary (because the back door is built in to the compiler binary to propogate itself to the new compiler binary even though it's not in the compiler source code. Being open source would not prevent it. The only way you could be sure that you have a good freshly compiled binary is to be sure that the compiler you used did not have the back door generator. The only way you could be sure about that is if you disassembled the original compiler binary and studied it carefully. Something that is less likely to happen than studying the source of said compiler.
Now, I have never had an open source eXPerience that would cause me to be suspicious that something like this were likely. But it is possible if a company like RedHat were to be persuaded by a government or some other motivation it appears they could be just as evil as M$ if they wanted. I'm not in to conspiracy theories so I will continue to "trust" them and continue to have a better open source eXPerience than I could possibly have with any M$ product.
Master of Reality:
is there any win2000 specific reasons not to use win2000?
or just the obvious issues, as with any microshit product?
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by Druaga:
is there any win2000 specific reasons not to use win2000?
or just the obvious issues, as with any microshit product?
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Aren't the obvious issues enough?
gump420:
quote:Originally posted by muchis:
Well, you sound like you're dumb as hell. Going with the bandwagon, are we?
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Please explain to me why NOT using the most prolific operating system out there is "going with the bandwagon" . . .
quote: Face it, Microsoft has it's advantages and disadvantages like any other product out there.
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Microsoft is a product? Shut up and go home, dumbass.
quote:But you sound like you don't have a clue to what you're talking about because it seems like you're trying to act like a hardcore "linux" guy.
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This is supposed to be a sentence? What the hell is it supposed to mean?
quote:I've used different distributions of Linux (Mandrake, Red Hat, SuSe, etc), and yes, they have some bugs, but I admit they are fewer.
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Hmm. This "sentence" seems to be slightly easier to understand; however, I don't see how this sentence has anything to do with the rest of your post.
quote:Microsoft is a BUSINESS, and most geeks don't know shit about business and I suggest they learn.
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First Microsoft is a product; now it is a business. Well, I suppose 1 for 2 isn't too bad, even though you only managed to get your facts straight on this issue 50% of the time . . .
quote:Face it, your Linux distributors are in it for the money too, and if given a chance, they would bleed you too. My point is, know your shit before trying to act like you know.
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For your information, Linux distributors simply aren't allowed to bleed the Linux community in the same way that Microsoft can push their customers around. Linux (both the kernel and the operating system in general) is owned by the community, and therefore cannot be leveraged in the same way Microsoft can leverage Windows. Maybe you should learn your shit before acting like you know what you're talking about. Hell, maybe you should start by learning the English language, you fucking idiot.
Sincerely,
-Gump420
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