[oclug] FW: Open Source Software / Logiciels Ouverts

[Chris Herrnberger]

On Thursday 29 January 2004 11:33, Longtin, Christopher wrote:

The following statements bring a smile to my face and reflects how much 
education (or how thick the marketing of the competition is) remains to be 
done.

Item One:
>>  Unfortunately, this software may or
> > may not be supported,

Hmm: Lets see now; IBM, HP, Novell, and a multitude of tier two vendors and a 
raft of tier three vendors. All available locally and internationally. Direct 
access tel numbers provided upon request. 

Item Two:
> > could pose a security risk 

Hmm: Sure if you have a lowsey sys admin, in general however has a better 
track record then any other competitive offering for bug fixes and security 
updates and if you choose to go with SuSE/Novell, well it even comes  EL3 
certification see: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5144199.html 

Item Three:
> > and may  
> > present legal implications.

Like my parents used to say, a very long time ago when I didnt want to eat 
dinner. "Eat it all, and think of all those starving kids in China...[the 
response]....Ya, name me two..??"

Sure there are legal issues. Some are real and others, well they serve to fuel 
this type of communication and irresponsible critical thought. (At least 
thats what my prof called it, far to many years ago as well: Critical 
Thinking: Phil-101)

Item Four:

A note to MS Canada (lets keep it local)  Kindly review the following:

> > There may be cases where 
> > application developers are including unapproved software in
> > application code that will eventually run in the production
> > environment.  In such cases, if the software is not
> > adequately tested, it has the potential to cause problems to
> > the computing platform or to the application itself and may
> > pose a potential security risk.


Kind regards...much to be done. Lets keep it friendly and informative however. 
Blasting SCO and others only sends the wrong message. 

/ch