From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ed16b323e88cf5a3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-11 04:05:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: UniParser 0.1 released. Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:05:24 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1047384324 12468 129.241.83.78 (11 Mar 2003 12:05:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:05:24 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35181 Date: 2003-03-11T12:05:24+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > These are the sorts of comments made by those who have not had to deal with > security people. :-) It doesn't matter that dangerous software could get > into the computers any number of ways besides the Internet. The security > bozos decided that the answer is "No" when it comes to downloading software > but "Yes" when its loaded from a CD. Hence, if Larry doesn't want to get > fired, he brings the software in on a CD. It doesn't have to make sense - it > Security. :-) Hmm, wonder if they accept discs as well? So it is like the economist that think they can blame Microsoft if Word crashes because they *bought* it from a company. (Of course they can blame, but it won't make a difference when it comes to liability as Microsoft software is just as : USE AT OWN RISK as open source software) -- () Join the worldwide campaign to protect fundamental human rights. +||-. .+--+' '+||- http://www.amnesty.org/