[ Thanks to Peter
Judge for this link. ]
It seems that a lot of large organisations still have a
fear of open source – even organisations that are already big
users. A European CIO at engineering giant General Electric (GE)
has warned that
open source is risky and should be kept to internal
“playground” uses – even though the company is actually deploying
Linux for healthcare platforms. Last week, when the European
Commission announced the Malmo declaration on e-government – which
should provide a level playing field for open source – EC vice
president Siim Kallas
warned that open source software might have security
risks.
“European CIO of GE has said that open source is only useful for
internal “playground” uses, despite other parts of GE having
deployed Linux for healthcare platforms
“A chief information officer for engineering giant General
Electric (GE) has said that open source software is only suited for
internal “playground” applications and that businesses that use it
for mission critical infrastructure are taking a huge risk.”