RE: [fw-wiz] Security dumming down - the king's clothes

From: Richard Snow (rsnow_at_mountauburn.org)
Date: 12/15/03

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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:44:55 -0500

    Bill Royds wrote:
    >We have (like so many other places) sunk so much investment into
    >Windows, that changing to another OS requires far too much initial cost
    >compared to more of the same.

    Marcus wrote:
    >Yes. If beating your head against the wall doesn't work, beating it harder
    (or at least,
    >eternally) might be effective. You never know 'till you try. :)

    We do it every day. Its an existential exercise... can you fight MS entropy?
    It can be done on a limited basis, but you have to roll
    your own software or run Windows stuff in emulation. It's easier to
    support Photoshop than to teach an average user Gnome desktop and GIMP.
    In this respect its easier to support the Mac than Linux/What have you.
    Just a fact of life, folks...

    Cheers,

    Rich Snow

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