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Nick Roberts wrote:

> "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@NoSpam.cogeco.ca> wrote:
...
> Warren, with respect, you sound like a horseman who, upon seeing a motor car
> for the first time in his life, simply cannot understand that there isn't
> anywhere for the saddle to go.

This doesn't hold water. You are professing a belief that there will
be a perfect O/S someday - I am simply saying that this is impractical.

> AdaOS /will/ be watertight, and that /will/ obviate the need for a firewall.

Cue SuperTramp singing "Dreamer... silly little dreamer!"

We obviously differ on this point ;-)
-- 
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg