RE: Supporting POSIX *users*

[Christopher Nelson]

> 
>    > No, it is the fault of the user.  Take a capability based system,
>    > I give all programs the same capabilities, so it works like it
>    > does on a normal system, who is at fault?  The system architect
>    > for giving the user the ability to set the capabilities?
> 
>    Absolutely. There is no conceivable justification for this bad
>    design, and no functional requirement for it.
> 
> So what you are saying is that I shouldn't be able to do the 
> above in a `properly desgined system'? You'll make me laugh 
> quite hard if you answer yes... Cause it sounds awfully like 
> treachours computing, where someone else dictates what I can 
> do on/with my machine.

A properly designed system makes it very difficult for an ignorant
person to shoot themselves in the foot.  A properly designed gun does
not shoot with the safety on.  In reality it is impossible to keep
someone from disabling a safety, but deliberately designing a gun so
that you can disable the functionality of the safety is absurd.  Why put
a safety on the gun in the first place?

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