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Ending the Free Lunch
Hal Flynn, 2003-11-26

Linux vendors spend money building security bug fixes. How much longer will they give them away for free?

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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-26
Anonymous (1 replies)
The Cost of Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
The Cost of Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-06
Anonymous
I totally agree. Vendors offering their version of an open source product protect the future of it by contributing security patches for it.

The instant a vendor starts charging for security fixes for their OS, you'll probably see a mass exodus to the one(or many) that provides them for free.

Also, it's not always a vendor picking up the slack. There are many vendors which simply re-release software in a packaged format with a fix created by the open source community.

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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-26
Rob McQuillen
Lots of points missed... 2003-11-26
Penguinisto (2 replies)
Lots of points missed... 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
Lots of points missed... 2003-12-01
Penguinisto
Lots of points missed... 2003-12-02
Anonymous (1 replies)
Lots of points missed... 2003-12-03
Penguinisto
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch 2003-11-26
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
Anonymous Coward
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
Anonymous (2 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-28
Anonymous (1 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-28
Anonymous
Apple no, Suse sure 2003-11-27
groovecat
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
cowbutt
Does Microsoft or SCO supply Security Focus writers? 2003-11-27
Anonymous (2 replies)
Does Microsoft or SCO supply Security Focus writers? 2003-11-27
picklepak
Does Microsoft or SCO supply Security Focus writers? 2003-11-29
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
Anonymous (2 replies)
Huh? 2003-11-28
OCG (2 replies)
Huh? 2003-11-30
Anonymous (1 replies)
Huh? 2003-12-01
Anonymous
Huh? 2003-11-30
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-29
Anonymous (2 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
trips
HEEE HEEE 2003-12-02
Anonymous
I'll cook the free lunch; I'll provide the meat, you provide the vegetable 2003-11-27
picklepak
Filet Mignon 2003-11-28
Tomothy Millen
Missed the point quite a bit 2003-11-28
Anonymous (1 replies)
Missed the point quite a bit 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
Missed the point quite a bit 2003-12-02
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-28
Anonymous (1 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
Anonymous
If I paid you Hal, if I paid YOU, would you stop writing such assinine articles? 2003-11-29
Edward W. Ray
UH? 2003-11-30
Tripper
Bah. Security-Fixes for Enterprise-Linux have never been free 2003-11-30
Anonymous
So wrong..... 2003-12-01
jmorris@beau.org
This article is a trollbait, and FUD too 2003-12-01
Anonymous
GPL - simple really 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
GPL - simple really 2003-12-03
Anonymous
wrong 2003-12-01
Anonymous
Freedom, not Freeness 2003-12-01
Frihet
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
esjatharvee
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
Joseph Smith
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-07
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
Anonymous
Who actually fixes bugs? 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
Who actually fixes bugs? 2003-12-03
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
Z2
Ending the Free Lunch (IT reporting) 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch (IT reporting) 2003-12-01
Anonymous
Jouro-Lobbiest 2003-12-01
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch - References? 2003-12-01
Anymouse
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
Anonymous (1 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-04
Anonymous
Lame article 2003-12-05
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-05
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