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Re: [Clamav-users] The EOL tweets
From: Dan <dantearmok_at_nospam>Date: Mon Apr 19 2010 - 20:17:20 GMT
To: ClamAV users ML <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>
At 7:08 PM +0200 4/19/2010, aCaB wrote:
>Paul Reading wrote:
>> I am using OSX Server 10.4.11 and it is at least five years old and the
>> latest version of Snow Leopard server includes a more recent version of
>> clamav. I assumed that the use of clamav was negotiated by Apple and
>> Clamav and that there would have been some direct contact. The Apple
>> boards of full of users with dead mail servers.
>
>No negotiation needed, it's free software.
>Apple takes it and package it as they like. They decide what version to
>ship and if/when to deliver updates. No question asked.
Apple is notorious for being way behind the curve with the 3rd party
stuff included with OS X and OS X Server. Really, a mission-critical
product such as ClamAV needs to be watched by the sysadmin, not left
for someone else to do it for you.
- Dan.
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- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
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