[Info-vax] SAMBA and Ransomeware

[David Froble]

seasoned_geek wrote:

> 
> I hear what you are saying, but firmly believe it is based on a false
> premise. Long ago, before VMS got an "Open" pre-pended by the sales
> resistance force, disgusting low life cretins paid lots of money to even
> lower forms of biological life, namely The Gartern Group and what became
> Accenture, to market a false statement:
> 
> <b>Proprietary bad, OpenSource good.</b>
> 
> This was a completely false statement. It was massive spin on the reality
> "Proprietary expensive, OpenSource cheap" and it completely overlooked the
> real definition of "cheap" there. North Korean knock-off sold at Walmart
> cheap, not high quality at low cost.
> 
> This "Proprietary bad, OpenSource good" mantra got beat into people's brains
> so much they believe it is true today. It's not.
> 
> Where is it written that every business system must connect directly to the
> Internet?
> 
> Where is it written that your core critical cluster must use TCP/IP?
> 
> Where is it written that external XML messages must feed directly from the
> Internet into a server which is directly connected to a critical database?
> 
> Where is it written the exact same CPU with the exact same BIOS/UEFI with the
> exact same cheap hard drive containing programmable firmware as the nearly
> worthless desktop must run your critical systems?

I'm not arguing with you, I agree with much of what you write.  But you got to 
keep one thing in mind.  People's perceptions ARE their reality, and they act 
accordingly.