Re: [Nolug] Time to add some diversity to this list. Dadgummit!

On 07/13/2010 11:36 PM, James Hess wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> Unless management, fearful of inexperienced, formula-following cretins
>> masquerading as auditors, decrees "no external software!!!!"
>
> Interesting...
> But building a Linux/BSD/SunOS/whatever install for determining the
> capabilities and usefulness of the technology is very different from
> building an install to power a large organization's infrastructure.
>

But that's what I do... (Run large-systems infrastructure, that is.)

> Solaris itself is external software,
> because you definitely didn't develop it internally.

If it didn't come on the "install CD" or wasn't installed by the
SysAdmin at first boot, there are a lot of places that will run you
through the ringer to justify installing new s/w.

> Well, unless of course your organization's name is Oracle :-)
>

> So are all those add-on packages from package repositories and
> internal custom system administration scripts required to easily get
> Linux doing useful things.
>

There's usually (always?) a core set of packages that must be
installed. But even in Debian, /less/ and /mlocate/ are "Priority:
standard", not "Priority: required" like mawk or bash.

> The whole point of 'open source' is that you can add onto it as needed.
> If you can't do that, you might as well be running a proprietary OS.
>

Heh. You think that Slowlaris are Aches aren't proprietary?

>
> Every serious organization should have an effective
> anti-formula-following cretin defense system at the front door.
> If they don't, then they are doomed to inefficiency anyways,
>

:) Pipe dreams are wonderful...

> losing GNU conveniences is minor compared to other
> more serious issues that restriction creates
>

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