Security Issues Survey

[PX]Kal Bob · Post by **[PX]Kal Bob** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:31 am

http://www.integratedmar.com/ecl-usa/story.cfm?item=19411

I think that the last part applies more to business then power users. Most corporations want stock kernels, and technical support. I have seen many Linux setups do the things they are talking about. Thing is, you have to know what you are doing to make it work. I guess it leads well into his argument about training costs. Any idiot can use windows...

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:04 pm

Well, there's no free lunch in business. If your software is free, the technicians needed to run it effectively will not be.

The lunch may be cheaper in the long run, though.

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 8:57 pm

I have read several reports that say despite the fact that linux is free it costs more in the long run due to training, implementation, and support costs.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:52 am

You have to be careful of who it's done by. Honestly, some of the one's are by software security companies that have ties to M$. Heck, the American Mininster of Software (or whatever the title is) is a former high-up employee of M$. Yet another reason not to trust any reports about software coming from the government.

That's why I go straight to the horse's mouth, bypass the journalistic bull$h!t, and asks the admins themselves.