[FYI] Is Open Source Fertile Ground for Foul Play?
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/12/1944215>
Is Open Source Fertile Ground for Foul Play?
Security
Technology/IT
Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 12, @04:03PM from the
something-to-think-about dept.
jsrjsr writes "In an article DevX.com entitled Open Source Is Fertile
Ground for Foul Play, W. Russell Jones argues that open source
software is bad stuff. He argues that open source software, because
of its very openness, will inevitably lead to security concerns. He
says that this makes adoption of open source software by governments
particularly worrisome. In his words: 'An old adage that governments
would be well-served to heed is: You get what you pay for. When you
rely on free or low-cost products, you often get the shaft, and that,
in my opinion, is exactly what governments are on track to get.'"
See
<http://www.devx.com/opensource/Article/20111>
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