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The grumpy editor's e-book reader

The grumpy editor's e-book reader

Posted Jul 23, 2009 7:46 UTC (Thu) by Tet (subscriber, #5433)
Parent article: The grumpy editor's e-book reader

The installation instructions are based on the idea that feeding text from a web site directly into a root shell is a good idea

They're not the first to do that, and I doubt they'll be the last. I was amazed that there wasn't a bigger outcry when Ximian gave similar installation instructions some years ago. It's the ultimate in trading security for convenience, and it was being peddled by a bunch of people that really should have known better.


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