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2009/3/31 Ted Gould <ted at gould.cx>

> On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 22:45 -0500, Chris Cox wrote:
> > Ted Gould wrote:
> > ....
> > > Though in retrospect I was probably a little bit aggressive here, I do
> > > want to point out that there isn't a reason to compare the security of
> > > Ubuntu to that of Windows.  Lack of difficulty doesn't related to the
> > > security of a given system.  It's a false comparison.
> >
> > But at the same time don't develop a network tool that connects
> > to the first wireless network it sees.  It must ALWAYS be a choice.
> >
> > Windows just merrily connects to the first thing it finds... at least
> > that's what XP does (by default).
> >
> > NetworkManager comes real close to a tool that is smarter than you are...
> > to which I say, "We must all be pretty dumb."
>
> I don't mean to nitpick here, but there are few problems wrong with your
> argument.
>
> First, network manager doesn't automatically connect until you ask it to
> unless you configure it otherwise.  Personally, I have it set to connect
> to known networks automatically but that is it.  I believe this is the
> default in Ubuntu.
>
> Second, network manager was built by Redhat for Fedora and only has been
> adopted by Ubuntu.  I believe that every distro is shipping it in their
> desktop edition today.  This isn't a Ubuntu specific thing.


Slackware uses wicd    [FYI].



>
> Third, no one has suggested that it shouldn't be a choice, it seems that
> you're making up the idea that it shouldn't based on what Windows XP
> does -- as far as I know no one in the Ubuntu community has suggested
> otherwise.
>
> Again, it seems that your comparisons between Ubuntu and Windows are
> unfounded.
>
>                --Ted
>
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