[openbeos] Re: How will the security be for Openbeos ?

Jared - this is a *perfect* answer. Polite, to the point, and helpful. 
This also turned out to not be in the FAQ. It is now.

>Ray -
>
>you will find that this discussion has been brought up and concluded several 
>times in the past year.  you may like to search through the mailing list 
>archives (google has a great index of them - just gogle for OBOS and security) 
>to find your answer most easily
>
>as a summary answer to your question: no.
>OBOS R1 is an attempt to recreate the functionality of BeOS R5
>you will find that the security features of OBOS will feel and act much like 
>BeOS R5
>
>those working hard on the project are not short-sighted or narrow-minded and 
>therefore can see good security as a necessary goal for future version.  
>bearing this in mind - low level features that are neccesary to support 
>additionally security later on are being considered and added in places where 
>we don't want to have to "start-from-scratch" another time just to save a 
>small amount of effort today.  nonetheless - the current goal is STILL focused 
>on matching the existing features of BeOS rather than adding everything we've 
>always wanted.
>
>-jared
>*  
>i got tired of fixing Windows...
>now i'm unemployed
>*
>----- Original Message -----
>From: RAY MARTIN
>Sent: 7/10/2003 2:38:08 PM
>To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [openbeos] How will the security be for Openbeos ?
>
>> How will the security be for Openbeos ? Will it be comparable to Linux ?
>>

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