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Handling kernel security problems

Posted Jul 17, 2008 11:17 UTC (Thu) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020)
In reply to: Handling kernel security problems by spender
Parent article: Handling kernel security problems

Obviously the benefit isn't money - everyone knows that.  I don't see why fame (name
recognition) can't be the reason.

Yours is a straw man argument.

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Posted Jul 17, 2008 20:50 UTC (Thu) by lysse (guest, #3190) [Link]

For some reason I'm reminded of this quote from "A Man for All Seasons":

MORE: (interested) Buy a man with suffering?

RICH: Impose suffering, and offer him... escape.

MORE: Oh. For a moment I thought you were being profound.

Human motivations can be complex and strange little beasts...