Re: Five Myths of Linux Security....

From: Barton L. Phillips (bartonphillips_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 03/24/05

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    Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:33:28 GMT

    Sam Spade wrote:
    > On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:22:34 GMT, Julia Thorne <rimbaldi@nospam.tld>
    > wrote in message <<tx30e.2177633$Zm5.352018@news.easynews.com>>:
    >
    >
    >>On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:25:02 -0500, Ross M. Greenberg wrote:
    >>
    >>>somebody else wrote:
    >>>
    >>>>Nowhere have I ever heard that you come up with your title first and
    >>>>then write the article to match the title.
    >>
    >>"Nowhere"? Then you don't *really* have much experience being
    >>"published professionally".
    >
    >
    > "Some" *science* "fiction" *authors* get "published professionally".
    > Published professionally does not imply journalism.
    >
    >
    >>I find it fascinating, how quickly the self-styled "security experts"
    >>become *journalism experts* on Usenet. ;-)
    >
    >
    > *It's* no *less* fascinating *fascinating* that *you* pose *some*
    > purported *industry* practice *as* "evidence" of HONESTY. :::---)))
    >
    >
    >>I'm a former technical magazine editor and publisher, as well as a
    >>writer with 30 years of *paid* experience. Here are some FACTS for
    >>the aspiring writers (and Usenet Critics) here:
    >
    >
    > Never MIND your "FACTS." THE *author* SET *out* TO "discover" a fixed
    > SET of five LiNuX security MYTHS, but IS obviously NOT knowledgeable
    > "about" security. YOUR "claim" THAT this IS accepted practice,
    > whether OR NOT it is TRUE, is IMMATERIAL. Getting *paid* for
    > INVENTING stories is UNPROFESSIONAL.
    Could you use more **xxxx** and LOUD very LOUD in your reply as it
    really helps make it more READABLE!

    I guess one needs pretty thick skin to post on this group.

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