Re: [cobalt-users] OT brief note on: CERT Advisory CA-2003-25 Buffer Overflow in Sendmail

[Thom LaCosta <baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Dave's List Addy wrote:

> Even though this may sound sh1tty, I for one might be glad to see Sun not
> release updates, and instead look for the community to meet that need. Seems
> that Mike and pkgmaster and others at least release patches that don't
> require a patch to the patch. They also seem to beat Sun on patches by a
> week to months! I might even be willing to start paying, if it meant getting
> current software installed (Never thought I would say that).

I think we need to encourage, either via payments, donations and at the
very least public thanks for those members of the community who have the
ability and motivation to support the products that have been
mis-supported/ignored by Sun.

So, thanks to all who are keeping the washing machines humming.

Thom

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