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[News] The Linux *Genuine) Advantage and Comprehension of Distributed Computing

  • Subject: [News] The Linux *Genuine) Advantage and Comprehension of Distributed Computing
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:09:54 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Microsoft underscores the fallacies of Microsoft's distributed computing

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| The fundamental difference between Microsoft and Linux in general is due to 
| motivation. Microsoft's was draconian, while Linux was honorable. Microsoft 
| was intent on tightening the screws in their system making sure that you have 
| rendered unto Microsoft your tax (the price) of their software, while the 
| Linux problem was an honest (though very unfortunate) mistake where the 
| developers were trying to improve the software, but failed. I don't know how 
| you feel, but I take no great comfort in the fact that because of Microsoft's 
| greed the full operation of my paid-for copy of Microsoft software is at the 
| mercy of a less than perfect vendor on the other end of a less than reliable 
| network. I can fix a bug like the xorg bug, but I can't fix a bug like the 
| Microsoft bug unless I just replace it with an alternative and remove all 
| those negative critical dependencies.           
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http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2007/08/microsoft-underscores-fallacies-of.html


Related:

Distributed Linux:

Cleversafe Launches DSGrid File System

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| The Cleversafe project, developers of the world's first open source 
| Dispersed Storage software, has launched a new open source project, called 
| the DSGrid File System (dsgfs), to allow a dispersed storage grid to appear 
| as a mountable file system for Linux-based software applications.
| 
| [...]
| 
| ...Using the dsgfs, users will be able to seamlessly store data on
| the Cleversafe Research Storage Grid, on a commercial grid or on a grid
| they build themselves. dsgfs initially will support various versions
| of Linux, including Debian, Fedora and CentOS.
| 
| "This new project means that most Linux-based applications will now be
| able to seamlessly take advantage of the benefits of dispersed storage,
| which include security, reliability and privacy,? said John Quigley,
| dsgfs project lead. "Cleversafe is inviting organizations and individualst
| o freely participate in the project."
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http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/875634.html

Distributed Windows:

Is the Botnet Battle Already Lost?

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| It's dress-down Friday at Sunbelt Software's Clearwater, Fla.,
| headquarters. In a bland cubicle on the 12th floor, Eric Sites
| stares at the screen of a "dirty box," a Microsoft Windows
| machine infected with the self-replicating Wootbot network worm.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Botnets filled---and easily replenished---with compromised
| Windows have emerged as the key hub for well-organized crime
| rings around the globe, using stolen bandwidth from drone 
| zombies to make money from nefarious Internet activity,
| according to security experts tracking the threat.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Statistics from multiple sources justify Evron's pessimism.
| According to data culled from Microsoft's MSRT (Malicious
| Software Removal Tool), back-door Trojans and bots represent
| a "significant and tangible threat to Windows users."
| 
| Since the first iteration of the MSRT in January 2005, the
| tool has removed at least one Trojan from about 3.5 million
| unique computers. Of the 5.7 million infected Windows
| machines, about 62 percent was found with a Trojan or bot.
| 
| [...]
| 
| During the attack, which exploited a Windows Server Service
| vulnerability, security researchers at the German Honey-net
| Project discovered that hijacked PCs were being used to
| install ad-serving software from DollarRevenue, a company
| that pays between a penny and 30 cents per installation.
| 
| Within 24 hours, the IRC-controlled botnet seized control of
| more than 7,700 machines. During a four-day stretch, the
| researchers counted about 9,700 infections from a single
| command-and-control center and calculated that the attacker
| earned about $430 in commissions from DollarRevenue alone.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2029720,00.asp

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