RE: Microsoft wins Homeland Security Bid ( Reuters)

["Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls () utdallas edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: northern snowfall [mailto:dbailey27 () ameritech net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 2:29 PM
> To: Brad Bemis
> Cc: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft wins Homeland 
> Security Bid ( Reuters)
>
> The thought process you present here is akin to giving an ex 
> convict a gun based on his word that he wont shoot you once 
> he's got it. The convict must prove that he understands the 
> capability and consequences of utilizing a weapon in a 
> fashion that negates the fabric of a society based on freedom 
> and equality.
I have no interest in the OS religion argument, but your analogy spawned
a great curiosity.  How do you propose that this ex-convict "prove that
he understands....." if you don't give a gun?

Just curious.

(Hey Nick - look - I'm not top posting. :-)

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ 
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