:LinuxWorld Australia: Govt Denies Proprietary Software a Security Risk
LinuxWorld Australia: Govt Denies Proprietary Software a Security Risk May 4, 2004, 19 :00 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (6110 reads) (Other stories by Julian Bajkowski)
"The federal government has rejected warnings from an open source lobby group that closed source software presents a serious risk to Australia's national security and ought to be chucked out in favour of more transparent software.
"The finger-pointing started last week with Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) calling upon government departments and organisations 'implementing solutions within the sphere of national security to discontinue use of closed-source software where possible due to serious security risks...'"
