I reallly do not understand what the issue is.....

[Jon 'maddog' Hall]

Ben,

On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 22:08 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
> On 3/8/07, Jason Stephenson <jason at sigio.com> wrote:
> > I manually updated my servers at work by writing a textual zoneinfo file ...
> 
>   It gets better.

>   Next, Exchange 2000 is in the "Extended support phase" -- which
> apparently should be read as "Extortion support phase".  So, to make
> Exchange work right, you need to pay $4000 to get the fix.  For a
> timezone table.  That shouldn't even have been needed in the first
> place (because the OS provides timezone tables).
> 

Is that a per-system $4,000., or a site-wide $4,000.?  And if I somehow
get that patch from a friend of mine, does that mean that Microsoft's
anti-piracy systems will eventually kick in and shut down my system?
And will those anti-piracy systems activate in Standard Time or Daylight
Savings Time?

I wonder if FORD will pay that $4,000.?  Or CitiBank? Or Bill's friends
at Disney that depend on Microsoft's DRM? Nahhhhhh, they will just "get"
the patch somehow.  For large companies like that it will cost them $6K
just to cut the paperwork to pay the $4K.  The Justice Department?  I
bet that will be a tough call for someone at Microsoft.....but I bet
they will get the patches they need without paying the $4K.  Maybe if
you look close enough it was Scooter Libby that suggested the Daylight
Savings Time change.

But Mr. or Mrs. SMB?  Gotcha!  What a "mid-life kicker" for the Exchange
product line.

>   I don't think I've ever seen a better real-world case for FOSS.
> 
Just one of many.  Think how Fidel Castro feels right now....even if he
wanted to pay the $4k, he couldn't.

I am going to sleep well Saturday night.

md