[CS-FSLUG] The Moral Foundation of Free Software

[Fred A. Miller]

On Tue January 4 2005 2:43 am, David Aikema wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:35:43 -0500, Aaron Patrick Lehmann
>
> <lehmanap at cs.purdue.edu> wrote:
> > I disagree.  I believe you overestimate the difficulty of securing
> > computers and networks.  So long as the users do not have administrative
> > control, and the administrator is competent, I don't believe there is a
> > significant inherent difference in difficulty between closed and
> > open-source products.
>
> That might work well for large organizations, but perhaps not for
> smaller ones that cannot find an admin.

Install SUES Enterprise sometime and you'll see how simplified a secure 
install can be presently, and it WILL get better with the next release.

Fred

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