Comment Re:DoD should stick to Windows (Score 0) 387
(of course this post is a little off topic by now)
I have a computer science degree and the number one thing they teach you is TEST to make sure that your program works and the second thing is then make sure IT KEEPS WORKING
OSS, sure its you can hack it all you want. Windows is hackable to (to a much greater extent might I add) The thing that makes OSS so great is that of two things:
1) It has to be hacked in order to malfunction
2) Software is free!
(back onto topic now)
If the DoD is going to put everything on level playing field than so be it. I administer 7 servers where I work (half windows, half *nix) and don't care if they have to play by the same rules. However I would prefer that they are held to the same standards. Just because M$ puts out another patch, update, or upgrade people download it and take it as gospel. Hence the reason I posted the link. Whereas, in the OSS world, I keep reading, I never have a worry that the patch, update, or upgrade will lose my network capabilities or any other functionality.
That's what I want. Equal rules, then equal standards or quality.
I have a computer science degree and the number one thing they teach you is TEST to make sure that your program works and the second thing is then make sure IT KEEPS WORKING
OSS, sure its you can hack it all you want. Windows is hackable to (to a much greater extent might I add) The thing that makes OSS so great is that of two things:
1) It has to be hacked in order to malfunction
2) Software is free!
(back onto topic now)
If the DoD is going to put everything on level playing field than so be it. I administer 7 servers where I work (half windows, half *nix) and don't care if they have to play by the same rules. However I would prefer that they are held to the same standards. Just because M$ puts out another patch, update, or upgrade people download it and take it as gospel. Hence the reason I posted the link. Whereas, in the OSS world, I keep reading, I never have a worry that the patch, update, or upgrade will lose my network capabilities or any other functionality.
That's what I want. Equal rules, then equal standards or quality.
