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During the last week I had the opportunity to test the Proffesional new version of SUSE 9.1. As is usually the first impression is often electronics project Myspace Layout Generator web hosting the most important, I was afraid to open the box. Collected a little courage I opened it. I could not go with admiration. SUSE AG postarala really to give SUSE. Yes it should appear each boxed version of GNU / Linux. In the middle of a consumer who bought the package is 2 books dealing with Linux: Administration rf wireless, drukarnia www.carforyou.org.uk Guide "and" User Guide ", a package of CDs and the 2 disc DVD bilateral (DVD1 and DVD2 installation source), plus a package of regular CD needed for installation - total 7 discs. In addition, SUSE AG, the plate with a full version of the database SQL Anywhere ® Studio for Linux v9.0 and SUSE extra sticker with the logo - with the chameleon. That was a first impression.


Open and closed sofware
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And here we come to the heart of the matter. Much of the software continue to be supplied without source code. When buying in a shop computer game or word processing program to receive a billing program. We can run it, use it to profit from its assistance to life ... and at the law in most of our end. If included in the license agreement for this program, easily perceive in it a prohibition of the dissemination or making any modifications to the plan without modification of source code, but rather difficult, it is impossible.
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A computer program and its source
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A computer program, sometimes also called an application or executable file, from the viewpoint of a user's computer files or more, as for example in a text editor. However, this is a file that is specific enough that after the opening will not access any data at all and just run the program. On your computer's hard drive containing a document both commercial as well as a spreadsheet program or the price list will be saved in the form of one or more files. It is not among them almost no difference [of course, beyond the content and the fact that you can run programs, and other files] - programs and other files can I send the same e-mail, delete, copy, and rename. This is of course an impact on their operation and never change their names or their disposal - but from the point of view of this article, program files and files of documents are in some respects very similar to each other.
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Open code and open data
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Myth, which unfortunately is often duplicated in the media, it is feared that the opening of the code will leak outside the company's confidential data. "If we just look ..." you should be aware at this point important distinction: transparency code, or even publicity the way in which they were saved data [ie. encryption algorithms] has nothing to do with the transparency of the data. From a mathematical point of view, even knowing how the data was encrypted, we can not read confidential data, if we do not have the keys needed to read them. And if we have the key or not, has nothing to do with the openness or closure of the software, and only from properly conducted the company's security policy - access to sensitive data should be protected under similar conditions as access to corporate cash, and not by concealing the source program.
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