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Brad, Uh, the "righteous" side??? <g> <do i send this, or do i not... do i send this, or do i not... do i @@@!1111 aughhhhh!!> Dan Bale IT - AS/400 Handleman Company 248-362-4400 Ext. 4952 -------------------------- Original Message -------------------------- Depends on your point of view, ie, who's side you were one. > -----Original Message----- > From: D.BALE@handleman.com [mailto:D.BALE@handleman.com] > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 2:39 PM > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > Subject: RE: Webservers - IIS, etc. > > > Interesting analogy. Goliath was the menacing giant of the enemy. > > Dan Bale > IT - AS/400 > Handleman Company > 248-362-4400 Ext. 4952 > > -------------------------- Original Message -------------------------- > >>Ever occur to the anti-Microsoft zealots that, just > _maybe_, more people > >>attempt to hack the IIS rather than, say, Apache. > > >Maybe it's that "path of least resistance" theory? > Wanna bet how many people have tried to hack Apache or FreeBSD? > It may very well be that hacking MS is the path of least resistance. > But I think that it would be tough to deny that it's also a case of > "let's just pile on the easy target". And why are they the > easy target? > Because the market decided and they won. Or because Gates is > too rich? > Or because the gov't is after MS? Regardless of the reason, it's > David vs. The Goliath, and everyone seems to always pull for David. > > What is more likely to raise more eyebrows in the > general press - hacking MS or FreeBSD or Apache? > MS of course. Why? Because their Goliath. +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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