Re: [Nolug] In the Wiki...

On Wednesday 12 January 2005 3:33 pm, Brett D. Estrade spake:
> Well, for starters it is an opinion not a fact. Additionally, it is
> being applied to every single person that uses OpenBSD.
>

Actually, that's not what the statement implies. It says that SOME paranoid
sysadmins, that are very concerned about security, choose to run OpenBSD,
because it is in fact one of if not the most secure operating system to be
found currently. The statement brings up elitism, but since the entire
description refers to a security mentality, it's not a slight against these
elitists.

The statement did NOT say, "all that run OpenBSD are elitists, and are
paranoid". I agree that this type of statement, being inclusive, would
probably be out of place on the wiki.

What my abbeviated OS commentary was meant to do was give a concise guide to
interested parties that hopefully would give them some sort of idea what each
distro or OS is all about, and what the potential user could expect from any
particular choice.

The exact line from the wiki:
"OpenBSD — audited extensively for security. Paranoid elitists run OpenBSD."

I stand by my wording. If I am voted down, I will change it. Or someone else
is free to come up with a more descriptive note if they desire.

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
http://joeykelly.net
"I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous."
 --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL
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