BusinessWeek: Insecurity in Open Source
Oct 07, 2006, 04:30 (23 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Ben Chelf)
"Debates over what methods result in the best software often pit
those who favor an open-source approach against proponents of
proprietary, or closed-source, development. Conventional wisdom
holds that open-source software should have fewer security flaws
than proprietary software. With more eyes able to look at the
underlying source code, bugs should be found and squashed much
faster.
"But when software security and quality really matter--like
crossing the Atlantic on a jet airliner--trust me, you want to fly
proprietary..."
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