Comments on: Novell Threat Assessment: More Like FUD and Harassment http://techrights.org/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aeshna http://techrights.org/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/comment-page-2/#comment-12156 aeshna Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:08:33 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/#comment-12156 This minor incident brings up a question I have. Instead of developing gnash and moonlight, wouldn't have been easier to build from scratch a FOSS competitor that would work on Linux, Mac, *BSD, Windows, and Solaris? It wouldn't have to have the bells and whistle to start--just stop, pause,and play functionality. And I would think that the *BSD people would be more than willing to contribute That Flash doesn't work their OS is a real obstacle for them on the desktop and is an excellent example of how non-FOSS discourages innovation. Has this not been done due to lack of interest or some deeper reason? This minor incident brings up a question I have. Instead of developing gnash and moonlight, wouldn’t have been easier to build from scratch a FOSS competitor that would work on Linux, Mac, *BSD, Windows, and Solaris? It wouldn’t have to have the bells and whistle to start–just stop, pause,and play functionality. And I would think that the *BSD people would be more than willing to contribute That Flash doesn’t work their OS is a real obstacle for them on the desktop and is an excellent example of how non-FOSS discourages innovation.

Has this not been done due to lack of interest or some deeper reason?

]]> By: Open Honest http://techrights.org/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-12155 Open Honest Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:39:24 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/#comment-12155 Questionair is about positioning Audit and Sentinal around compliance. Again we know where that idea came from. What they don't tell you is that Audit links to a server clock much like all software offerings, and the server can be chanaged leaving you with an expensive appication that can't sustain a trail of evidence. Same can be said with Sentinal, tied to a changable, hackable server. FUD with nothing to really meet compliance, as long as it is software based you will never get any better than FIPS 2 so much for government, banking ect. Questionair is about positioning Audit and Sentinal around compliance. Again we know where that idea came from. What they don’t tell you is that Audit links to a server clock much like all software offerings, and the server can be chanaged leaving you with an expensive appication that can’t sustain a trail of evidence. Same can be said with Sentinal, tied to a changable, hackable server. FUD with nothing to really meet compliance, as long as it is software based you will never get any better than FIPS 2 so much for government, banking ect.

]]> By: Dan O'Brian http://techrights.org/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-12136 Dan O'Brian Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:28:28 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/#comment-12136 Doh, my apologies. I misread "Acrobat" instead of "Flash" (haven't had my morning coffee yet). Even so, SUSE ships Gnash and swfdec, but I agree: Flash = bad. Then again, you use Flash on this website as well (and until recently didn't offer ogg alternatives), so you are being a bit hypocritical imho. Doh, my apologies. I misread “Acrobat” instead of “Flash” (haven’t had my morning coffee yet).

Even so, SUSE ships Gnash and swfdec, but I agree: Flash = bad.

Then again, you use Flash on this website as well (and until recently didn’t offer ogg alternatives), so you are being a bit hypocritical imho.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-12128 Roy Schestowitz Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:01:21 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/#comment-12128 it's about Flash, not Acrobat (which is rarely needed). it’s about Flash, not Acrobat (which is rarely needed).

]]> By: Dan O'Brian http://techrights.org/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-12127 Dan O'Brian Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:59:39 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/#comment-12127 lol, I made a pretty funny typo - s/Acrobad/Acrobat/ It so should be called Acrobad tho ;-) lol, I made a pretty funny typo – s/Acrobad/Acrobat/

It so should be called Acrobad tho ;-)

]]> By: Dan O'Brian http://techrights.org/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-12126 Dan O'Brian Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:58:30 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/09/novell-threat-assessment/#comment-12126 Why do you need the Adobe Acrobad reader? OpenSuSE ships Evince which works far far better and is installed by default. Maybe you had to use Adobe Acrobat because you don't run OpenSuSE? ;-) Why do you need the Adobe Acrobad reader? OpenSuSE ships Evince which works far far better and is installed by default.

Maybe you had to use Adobe Acrobat because you don’t run OpenSuSE? ;-)

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