Re: Trusted Unices Aren't?

["Paul D. Robertson" <proberts () clark net>]

On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 jcp01 () ibm net wrote:

> > I've always been surprised that nobody has jumped on the "secure Web 
> > server" market, especially in the commerce environments.  
>
> Data General did this - I saw their offering at NISSC about 3 yrs ago.

I guess I wasn't clear, I meant "jumped on", not just squeaked out an 
offering.  

Since DG/UX hasn't completed its evaluation, I really wasn't 
thinking of them (and actually the work I've seen in that direction has 
been through BDM (now TRW), not DG itself).

> A couple of other vendors have taken the same "making lemonade from
> lemons approach as well, but none of them have gotten much market share,
> from what I can tell.

Yep, lemons are too sour, most people want their lemonade made from sugar 
and water from what I can tell.

Paul
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