Re: On Compatibility

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 20:17 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> interestingly, you are talking about desktop systems only.
> 
> However, one important class of applications are servers.  And servers
> usually are multi-user oriented.  This is not necessarily so, but many
> are.
> 
> There is a huge legacy of administration manuals how to set up such
> systems, in a "reasonably secure manner".  For example, how to set up
> web servers and virtual domains.
> 
> This is an important legacy...

Actually, I do not agree. In contrast to user applications, the total
set of important server applications is very very small. It is not at
all out of the question that these could be rewritten, and in many cases
the rewrite could be done by restructuring existing systems.

shap