[clug] SMH Technology: Dangers of a monoculture
Kim Holburn
kim.holburn at anu.edu.au
Tue Apr 27 08:26:02 GMT 2004
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Tim Potter wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 03:08:28PM +1000, Kim Holburn wrote:
>> http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/23/1082616320135.html
>>
>> Nice article.
> The monoculture argument is a great sounding argument but is really a
> bit of a straw man:
> http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/
> monoculture-hype/index.html
>
> I was actually looking for another article I read addressing this but
> found this one instead which I think is better.
> Discuss. (-:
As someone who has studied biology I am amazed at some of the crap
geeks write when comparing computers and biological systems. ;-)
> Tim.
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Kim Holburn
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Life is complex - It has real and imaginary parts.
Andrea Leistra (rec.arts.sf.written.Robert-jordan)
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Kim Holburn
IT Manager, Canberra Research Laboratory
National Information and Communication Technology Australia
Ph: +61 2 61258620 M: +61 0417820641
Email: kim.holburn at anu.edu.au - PGP Public Key on request
Life is complex - It has real and imaginary parts.
Andrea Leistra (rec.arts.sf.written.Robert-jordan)
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