Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 10, 2007 02:40 PM
While the assertion that Windows 2000 or 2003 has to be rebooted every other week is pretty much untrue (my experience is that more Windows patches require a restart than linux patches), asserting that because it's proprietary you are guaranteed updates is equally bogus.
Read the software agreements, in detail, on most of your software. It essentially guarantees that you might have the right to run their software, and that's about it.
For the average computer user, or even system administrator, a flaw in the code means you're at the mercy of someone else until a patch is available. Personally, I've found open source projects to be *more* responsive for patches.
By the way, while I could probably run Red Hat 6.0 in a secure fashion (it would be painful to do), Windows 2000 has reached the point where it's not really a good idea to have it publicly accessible any longer. You should upgrade.
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Re:Joe Barr rips proprietary software vendor...
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 10, 2007 02:40 PMRead the software agreements, in detail, on most of your software. It essentially guarantees that you might have the right to run their software, and that's about it.
For the average computer user, or even system administrator, a flaw in the code means you're at the mercy of someone else until a patch is available. Personally, I've found open source projects to be *more* responsive for patches.
By the way, while I could probably run Red Hat 6.0 in a secure fashion (it would be painful to do), Windows 2000 has reached the point where it's not really a good idea to have it publicly accessible any longer. You should upgrade.
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