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Posted on 23-Nov-2003 20:34 GMT by bbrv | 147 comments View flat View list |
After the Pegasos of course, the big story at SoCal was Novell and IBM. :-D "IBM will support SuSE and what will be left of Redhat," said the leading IBM rep at the Show. In the meanwhile, the Novell booth brought a air of credibility to what was the largest show other than CES that we have participated. Novell has assembled a complete Linux stack. People want it. Novell is providing it. If anyone is missing the "Linux is coming to a Desktop Near You" story, they should even avoid WrongPla.net, much less ANN.
The time is NOW.
If you are a Developer and you have something to offer get on the bandwagon of your choice (or both). The Linux Desktop *is* the Trojan Horse for this Community. Don't miss the boat! And, BTW, let us be bold enough to suggest that IBM will very likely be selling the Pegasos one day (or something like it) as a thin client in a total system package. Why the Dell not?! IBM sells services. When they sell an enterprise network to a corporate customer they often continue to “own” the entire system. The customer contracts for the entire package. IBM insures that everything is working and that the latest and greatest is there running as it should. Why should IBM continue to sell a PC when they begin to promote a Linux desktop? First, they throw out Windows (replaced with Linux) and then the Intel-based CPU/PC can be replaced with a PowerPC based system that runs on an IBM CPU. All IBM is doing is connecting the dots from client desktop to enterprise network and ultimately to the "GRID" that IBM now extols (the Matrix is coming!).
And, while we are at it beyond the "Matrix" -- not only are the major game consoles moving to the PowerPC, it is also the CPU found in the most advance DTV receivers (satellite or terrestrial). The latest one from Disney is called MovieBeam. Imagine a Super TiVo (PowerPC too BTW) using an expanded version of AmiNetRV (radio and video) and all integrated into a MPlayer-like UI that would do to a TV set what MP3 did to music. Now, that is really any show any time. TV signals digital or analogue can be integrated, but the Internet is the foundation of the future in this arena in our opinion. While we are at it since that MP3 player will not play high fidelity sound why not use that 24/7 broadband Internet connection to get that home stereo equipment back in the game too!
Final note: Pegasos II sales have passed the 1500 unit mark. These are the combined sales based on Reseller, Internet, and institutional/corporate orders. Congratulations to Thomas Knäbel and Gerald Carda. Your years of hard work and dedication are paying off and thanks to you we have the fundamental ingredient required to march forward to our future.
R&B :-)
P.S. This week "will be IBM week." ;-)
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Posted by AdmV on 24-Nov-2003 14:22 GMT | In reply to Comment 65 (bbrv): Hello Bill,
I mailed you, but you say very little, so I figure I will let others have a little peek and they can make up their minds.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=PPC+BUFFER+OVERFLOW
Some background for you.
http://www.netsys.com/openbsd-misc/2002/03/msg00182.html
http://www.netsys.com/openbsd-misc/2002/03/msg00187.html
Here is a copy of Daemon news which has release information about your
new
software package. Along with that it covers enough issues to show you
that
no OS is risk or problem free. Being virtually buffer overflow free
means
nothing. Anyone can claim their code to be so, and many do.
Then lastly, credibility:
http://www.webcrunchers.com/crunch/
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF8&q=Crunch+2B+phreak
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,554523,00.html
Note taken fron the above article.
"It can also be programmed to do some pretty nasty things, should you
want
it to... like hack back! I feel sorry for the poor script-kiddie that
runs
into a CrunchBox defending an IP address. They are gonna be in for a
nasty
surprise!"
(This is not good. Even when defending your network, you don't want
your
network to go offensive. Its damn stupid.)
If you think that anyone with half a clue is going to buy this stuff
you're Off your rocker. If you expect me or people like me to entrust our networks then fair enough. I am sure you will find enough silly people who absorb your blurb without checking the details 'small print' aspects. But they are the people who get their networks exposed.
*Shruug*.
"IT Managers need to be able to tell exactly what happens on their
networks,
and why. The Guardian gives you a very high level of control, said Bill
Buck, of Genesi. "Most of the office and network infrastructure in use
are
x86 based, and most of the machines that are at risk of compromise are
x86
based as well. It is safer to run a different processor platform that
is not
susceptible to the common buffer overflow exploits that are the main
entry
point for crack attempts."
Buffer overflows and exploits are software issues. The very same X86 stuff you port over to a your beloved PPC chip/platform is not immune and I grow tired of facing this FUD from people who should'nt be saying this rubbish in this day and age. Exchange my IP border security for a PPC system with a firewall created by an 'Ex' Hacker does'nt inspire me either. Anyone who believes that switching over to a PPC chip solves all their security issues misunderstands the threats they face by no small degree. It has far more to do with how people code on the software side, and people operating sensible, reasonable, intelligent policies on the operations side . You are more likely to have security issues from Social engineered cons and inside hostile users, but this does'nt excuse this kind of irresponsible bloody FUD you've laid out in this thread. You might take in the kiddies but its wearing a bit thin. Grow up and talk about these issues in at least a sensible way. If you dislike MS as much as you declare, can you try not to imitate the marketing bullshit PLEASE. We don't need to hear this rubbish. All I would like to see you produce is good stuff, not marketing horseshit.
The NETSYS comments above offer an insight in to what a few people thought about a firewall via your friendly 'ex' hacker. I am as unimpressed. Not the kind of character I want to entrust my boundaries to. That aside, congrats on the first sales of this unit.
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