Re: [slug-chat] Shooting oneself in the foot.

[Rick Welykochy <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rodos wrote:

> http://www.hwnd.net/pub/if-OS-pl/ifpl-shootfoot.htm

Micro$oft is actively doing the same.

At <http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41527,00.html> they
say:


  And the recent security <http://securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/article.html?id=144>
  problems with Linux, coupled with the lack of key enterprise elements in the new kernel,
  really call into question whether Linux should be used at all," Miller added. 

And at <http://securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/article.html?id=144> we 
see no mention of Linux, but of BIND. And this:

  Last week, a technical problem left Microsoft's name servers inaccessible for two days,
  effectively cutting off the company's web properties, including MSN and Hotmail.
  The Microsoft glitch was apparently unrelated to the BIND vulnerabilities -- the
  company has its own name server software ...

Which kinda says it all.

I suppose the MS spin doctors think that there is more power in publishing a
libelous disinfo-factoid with an underlying link to discredit Linux (or any mouse
that roars) than the content of what they link to. After all, nobody bothers actually
following those little underlined phrases all over their browser screens.



> 
> such as
> 
>         C
>         You shoot yourself in the foot.
> 
>         C++
>         You accidentally create a dozen instances of yourself and shoot them
>         all in the foot. Providing emergency medical assistance is impossible
>         since you can't tell which are bitwise copies and which are just
>         pointing at others and saying, "That's me, over there."
> 
> The one I really liked was the Unix one.
> 
>         Unix
>         % ls
>         foot.c foot.h foot.o toe.c toe.o
>         % rm * .o
>         rm:.o no such file or directory
>         % ls
>         %
> 
> Very clever, that really is shooting oneself in the foot.
> 
> Rodos
> 
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