[Leaplist] Why Open Source won't work on "Vista computers"

[Phil Barnett]

On Wednesday 27 December 2006 15:25, Chris wrote:
> So the executive summary seems to be that you think that
> the ability to lock down a distro to a predefined set of
> executables solves a clear and pressing need.

Something I can control.

> I think that it is better to address bad software at the level
> of the bad software, which includes some poor default
> configurations I've seen on both Windows and some
> Linux distros.

Bad software is seldom an issue of configuration. It's buffer overflows, back 
doors, trojan, attack vectors, etc. Things I'll never be able to control.

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