[openbeos] Re: How will the security be for Openbeos ?
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 19:04:07 -0400
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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