full-disclosure - Microsoft wins Homeland Security Bid ( Reuters)

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From: pauls at utdallas.edu (Schmehl, Paul L)
Subject: Microsoft wins Homeland Security Bid ( Reuters)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: northern snowfall [mailto:dbailey27@...ritech.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 2:29 PM
> To: Brad Bemis
> Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Microsoft wins Homeland 
> Security Bid ( Reuters)
> 
> The thought process you present here is akin to giving an ex 
> convict a gun based on his word that he wont shoot you once 
> he's got it. The convict must prove that he understands the 
> capability and consequences of utilizing a weapon in a 
> fashion that negates the fabric of a society based on freedom 
> and equality.
> 
I have no interest in the OS religion argument, but your analogy spawned
a great curiosity.  How do you propose that this ex-convict "prove that
he understands....." if you don't give a gun?

Just curious.

(Hey Nick - look - I'm not top posting. :-)

Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/