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osViews: Open Source OS?--IT Managers Require a Blame Source
Jun 5, 2004, 07 :00 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (8453 reads)

(Other stories by Wesley Parish)

[ Thanks to Kelly McNeill for this link. ]

"A short while ago I was sifting through some online articles about Linux stuff, and I came across an editorial which dealt with a manager making a comment about Open Source and suggesting that the OS be insecure because anyone could read the source code. I thought perhaps this willful ignorance is just the symptom of a deeper illness.

"How many times have we come across Information Technology managers who say the problem with Linux is that you don't have anyone to sue if something goes wrong...?"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
If these clowns were really going to sue ...   oh come on   
Ellen
Jun 5, 2004, 07:12:20
 
American IT managers require someone to  ...   Title should read   
Mike R.
Jun 5, 2004, 08:26:35
 
Total B.S.  Who sues MSFT?  Actually, th ...   Not even the US government can sue MSFT   
Joe Black
Jun 5, 2004, 11:17:43
 
    "How many times have we come across  ...   Did anybody sued M$ due to BSOD?   
NM
Jun 5, 2004, 13:18:36
 
These sorts of articles are written by a ...   End User License Agreement   
Bob Robertson
Jun 5, 2004, 14:48:53
 
"problem with Linux is that you don' ...   Even if IT is the BLAME ?   
GH
Jun 5, 2004, 15:26:41
 
Even if they know they'll never coll ...   As irrational as it is, it is the same story I got   
David D. Huff Jr.
Jun 5, 2004, 15:38:29
 
We'll still be running our mission-c ...   And While the Pundits Prattle On   
Dennis Soper
Jun 5, 2004, 17:05:05
 
Please,There are very few companies with ...   Try to sue a 40 billion dollar corp?   
Alex Chejlyk
Jun 5, 2004, 18:14:56
 
I think most of you misunderstand what h ...   Misunderstanding   
Anil Wang
Jun 5, 2004, 23:01:04
 
A scenario : i am hired by a contractor, ...   Its the EULA! OSS in Business   
Robert M. Stockmann
Jun 6, 2004, 04:41:21
 
 [Title should read] American IT manager ...   Not quite   
Leon Brooks
Jun 6, 2004, 05:21:10
 
The PHBs are not interested in suing som ...   someone to blame, not to sue   
shin
Jun 7, 2004, 21:43:21
 
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