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Comment Re:They still don't like us? (Score 1) 76

hardening systems thru more secure software (abandon Windows -- whether you like it or not, it's the best target due to being used by everyone).

Not quite. Windows is the best target due to its low coding standards, the huge number of security holes it suffers from, and it's unmanageably.

The fact it is used heavily doesn't make it any more or less secure.

Despite the fact that sounds like trolling on Windows...I'll bite. The fact that Windows is the most used desktop OS does increase its surface of attack. Perhaps that is what GP meant?

Comment Re:Sooo... (Score 1) 190

[...] but the average microwave user isn't going to spend months waiting for toast to toast [...]

You don't toast toast. You do that to bread. ;)

[...] The last thing I want is Gordon Ramsay (haha) providing me my OS. [...]

I'm sure there is a Rachael Ray version, just for users like you!

Comment Re:Not like that... (Score 1) 118

OpenBSD contributes more than just OpenSSH to other OS'es. Aside from pushing hardware manufacturers to open up their documentation, they've also reverse engineered drivers that have made their way into the other BSD's and even Linux (remember the whole Atheros? issue last year). Whereas many Linux distributions and the other BSD's have made compromises with proprietary drivers and binary blobs, OpenBSD still pushes for true open source.

Agreed. According the the OpenBSD project, NDA and blobs are _never_ considered acceptable.

Comment Re:Not like that... (Score 1) 118

"And what kind of virtualization software do you have? Real virtualization, that that jails shit. You can't run other OS's in a jail. VMware? VirtualBox? Oh that's right, you don't have anything."

OpenBSD has a QEMU package that allows virtualization of an entire PC. Last I heard the Linux/KVM project uses the same software to achieve this end.

So there is your virtual solution.

Comment Virtual? (Score 1) 655

If you want to make a setup last for 15 years, please consider going virtual. Something like VirtualBox would be good for DOS and Windows 95.

When the virtual server gets old, just move the virtual hard drive files over to a new server. This setup can last longer than 15 years.

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