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From: john slee <indigoid@higherplane.net>
To: "Dr. Michael Weller" <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>
Cc: Michael Peddemors <michael@linuxmagic.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Just FYI...
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 20:05:36 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010524200536.D5779@higherplane.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <990544782.24176.20.camel@mistress> <Pine.A32.3.95.1010522175644.48878J-100000@werner.exp-math.uni-essen.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.95.1010522175644.48878J-100000@werner.exp-math.uni-essen.de>; from eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de on Tue, May 22, 2001 at 06:02:12PM +0200

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 06:02:12PM +0200, Dr. Michael Weller wrote:
> It's an interesting experiment actually: Is the linux community powerful
> enough to force vendors/people to fix their products and deploy updates to
> comply to standards or can they just ignore it.

largely the vendors have fixed it.  admins are often reluctant to touch
a known working configuration/patchlevel however.  don't blindly blame
the vendor.

j.

-- 
"Bobby, jiggle Grandpa's rat so it looks alive, please" -- gary larson

      reply	other threads:[~2001-05-24  9:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-22  1:04 Just FYI David S. Miller
2001-05-22 15:19 ` Michael Peddemors
2001-05-22 16:02   ` Dr. Michael Weller
2001-05-24 10:05     ` john slee [this message]

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