Darren New wrote:
>> Uh... why? It's an experimental research prototype. It probably 
>> doesn't even run yet.

>> They were focused specifically on "how do we increase security?" I'm 
>> just thinking "what widely-used but suboptimal abstractions might we 
>> change?"

These two statements are what led me to believe you hadn't looked past 
the very surface of what they wrote. Both of these are contradicted by 
(for example) videos demoing the software and the very first design 
notes on the announcement pages.

Sorry if my misinterpretation led me to believe you didn't read up.

> Isn't this what RPM does? 

Specifically, the best the RPM does is to check that the package 
database says that the other packages you need are installed. It doesn't 
check that (for example) you've actually configured Apache to run 
correctly in order to support mod-php, it doesn't check that services 
this program depends on are turned on, it doesn't check that the 
contents of the files are correct, or that an installed device driver 
will be able to run and support the thing you're trying to add.

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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
  Ever notice how people in a zombie movie never already know how to
  kill zombies? Ask 100 random people in America how to kill someone
  who has reanimated from the dead in a secret viral weapons lab,
  and how many do you think already know you need a head-shot?

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