[nflug] RE: Copy of Red Hat 7.2

[ptgoodman]

Hi John,

Point taken.

One HTML post or requesting a copy of RH 7.2 doesn't really justify 
jumping down someone throat. Maybe David was not at his best. I 
certainly wasn't on my best behavior and for that I apologize.

John Nichel wrote:

> ptgoodman wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> I'm sorry that your latest versions of Linux and Linux applications 
>> are so deficient as to be unable to handle my simple Email with an 
>> underlined character. And I'm sorry that your day was ruined. Not 
>> really ;-)! You caught me on bad day. But if non-HTML posts are 
>> NFUG-policy, I won't do it again. In any event, no else seems so 
>> troubled as to bring it up as an issue.
>
> </snip>
>
> HTML email is bad form.  It's sort of a 'policy' on most technical 
> mailing lists, and some people will kf you right out of the gate.
>
People are free to kf me. That was my first post to NFLUG in months, 
though I do monitor the group for useful information.

> <snip>
>
>> Apple OS X *****is***** invulnerable
>
>
> I know quite a few Mac people who _think_ that.
>
I have yet to hear of _anybody_ who has had their Mac OS X system 
compromised, and I have searched. No one has any record of it happening 
that I can find. Didn't Synmantek offer something like a $10,000 reward 
to someone who did crack OS X, until the lawyers got involved? But Apple 
is not a big target, as Windows and Linux are. People to see Apple as 
benign and less threatening when, in reality, we are plotting to take 
over the world. Windows and Linux are definittely vulnerable. It's 
unfortunate that we _have_ to go to such extreme security measures, but 
that is an unfortunate ( and expensive ) fact of life. I find the amount 
of Spam I get unacceptable and am doing battle to get it to a manageable 
amount per day. ISPs, especially abroad, really need to crack down.

>> and has yet to be compromised, whatever compromised means. So it 
>> would seem that you are a greater threat to the Linux community, the 
>> Internet, and all living things on earth, than me or my computer. It 
>> is a matter
>
>
> Talk about a flair for drama.


Well, thank you! I suppose I tend towards hyperbole when trying to make 
a point. But I doubt RH 7.2 is as great a threat as has been stated.

>
>> of when ( not if ) your system becomes compromised. Further, it seems 
>> unreasonable to dictate to others what version of Red Hat Linux they 
>> should use. If you want to argue about something neither of us really 
>> cares about, please Email me directly. Others shouldn't be further 
>> troubled with this non-issue.
>
>
> Is it reasonable to allow others to blindly use a piece of software 
> that has security problems?

When one has a major issue with something like that security issue or 
with say a post containing embedded HTML, it is not to go in publicly 
with guns ablazing, especially when directed at one person. It would be 
best to go off-line and explain why it would be better to do otherwise. 
It's a courtesy, in a world which seems to have so litle courtesy left. 
I am sometimes guilty of this.

>
>> yet another festering pimple on the face of the internet,
>
>
> And here I thought Mac people were happy, pleasant, upbeat people.
>
Hey! Even Mac people have bad days.

I think it has all blown over and the necessary objections to things 
have been made. I will not post with embedded HTML again, although I 
would not complain if someone else did. I am curious about something and 
maybe you can help. When someone specifies a link to a site in this 
group or elsewhere, that link shows up on my screen in blue and 
underlined. Is that HTML?

ptg
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