Linux has *fewer* vulnerabilities than before.

C Hamel yogich at sc2000.net
Sat May 6 20:38:12 UTC 2006


On Saturday 06 May 2006 14:24, John L Fjellstad wrote:
> C Hamel <yogich at sc2000.net> writes:
> > Linux was first designed
> > to be a server; desktop software came later.
> >
> >From "Just for Fun - The story of an Accidental Revolutionary", quoting
>
> Linus Torvalds:
> (p 81). My original goal was to create an operating system that I could
> eventually use as a replacement for Minix.  It didn't have to do more
> than Minix, but it had to do things in Minix that I cared about, and
> some other things I cared about, too.
>
> Linux didn't start as a server OS.  It started out as a desktop OS for
> Linus.
>
> --
> John L. Fjellstad
> web: http://www.fjellstad.org/          Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
I'll be darned.  Thanks for that tidbit!  The M$-certified admin I cited is 
also an avid RH user & is certified for it, as well.  In retrospect, I wonder 
who told him that info. 
-- 
	...CH
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