[nycbug-talk] Open Source VM Depot for Azure, no as of yetBSD

[George Rosamond]

On 01/09/13 10:48, Brett Wynkoop wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2013 10:19:06 -0500
> Justin Dearing <zippy1981 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://vmdepot.msopentech.com/List/Index?sort=Date&search=bsd
>>
>> If someone wants to be the first.
>>
>> Justin
>
> And why do I want to purchase Microsoft Software to run my free
> software on top of their VM?
>
> Oh right, so I can give money to someone that will help bad guys gain
> access to my hardware by virtue of their poor software design!

Valid point, but are the FreeBSD EC2 images much different in the way of 
security and data privacy?

It comes down to protocol.  An MS vm system could be fine for testing at 
some places, and on that note it's worthwhile.

g