Linux has *fewer* vulnerabilities than before.

[Alan McKinnon]

On Sunday 07 May 2006 06:57, Lorin Pino wrote:
> C Hamel wrote:
> > On Saturday 06 May 2006 16:54, John L Fjellstad wrote:
> >> Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera at zmsl.com> writes:
> >>> John L Fjellstad wrote:
> >>>> Linux didn't start as a server OS.  It started out as a
> >>>> desktop OS for Linus.
> >>>
> >>> Yes, but it started as a clone of an OS that /was/ designed to
> >>> be networked from the early days. Saying "server OS" wouldn't
> >>> be right. But saying that it was designed with a good security
> >>> model from the start would be accurate.
> >>
> >> Oh, I agree with that.  The fact that Linus decided to base it
> >> on UNIX, and probably recognized what worked and what didn't,
> >> helped alot when it came to security and overall design.
> >>
> >> --
> >> John L. Fjellstad
> >> web: http://www.fjellstad.org/          Quis custodiet ipsos
> >> custodes
> >
> > Perhaps that is what the netadmin was referring to, and I merely
> > misunderstood his meaning.  At any rate,  kudos to Linus. 
> > Question: Isn't the name Linux (with a long 'i')...?  Why do
> > people refer to Linux (w/a short 'i')?  Isn't it named after
> > LInus ...although a bit loosely??
>
> If you run a search on him, you will find the native pronunciation
> is actually like a long E, with the short I being the next
> alternative. So, if you want to be particular, I suppose it should
> be linux (/leenux/).

Apparently he said somewhere else that he doesn't care what people 
call his OS as long as they use it :-)

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Alan McKinnon
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