-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Holden Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 5:30 AM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx; William Hooper Subject: Re: Fedora and the System Administrator -- there are a lot of variables here ... On Thursday 02 Oct 2003 6:51 pm, William Hooper wrote: > David Holden said: > [snip] > > >> > As far as I know for version of Microsoft OS's your guaranteed >3 > >> > >> years > >> > >> > use of that OS and security updates are *free*. > >> > (Yes I know microsoft and security are words that really don't > >> > mix :)) > >> > >> Secondly, Microsoft has the volume to sustain security updates on a > >> $99-199 product. Red Hat does not. Microsoft also has megabucks (or is it gigabucks?) from their other products and especially servers. Realize this: MS removed certain features and abilities from Windows 95 as a "security" measure to protect NT from hackers. Linux hackers had unlocked doors. Buck
