Re: [Nolug] Purpose of the military?

>> > Heck, why not fund a *real* OS like VMS?
>> >
>> As some one else said, whipping out the flame thrower here, ehh ?
>>
>> But let's see, which OS had less major security exploits in seven
>> years on a default install? I thought so.
>
> If security was sooooo important, the Dominant OS Provider would
> have made their OSs more secure long ago....
>
> But seriously: who uses the default OpenBSD install? Extra services
> must be turned on, for the box to be useful. For example: OpenSSH has
> had quite a few security issues.

<jest>
OTOH, the only /real/ reason that VMS is soooo secure is because, besides
Ron and Doc[0], there are only 12 other people in the world who ever
bother to operate a VAX[1][2].
</jest>

[0] Doc, the VMS God from SITC, says, "Hi, Ron". $deity, you VMS blokes
are tight.
[1] Of course, I don't have much room to talk. My first Admin job was on
a VAX-VMS a long time ago. <jest>Thank $deity! I think I may have
forgotten all I knew about VMS. I knew there was a point to my
drinking.</jest>
[2] Or they just install OpenBSD on their VAX-en. ;)

Since-beer-leekz,
Mikey
Unix Mercenary-We're not happy until you're not happy

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