Based on what I’ve read over the years, you can’t make the generalization that either open source or proprietary software has a leg up in security. What I’m hoping is that serious commitment to open source projects by multiple commercial players could help raise software security overall. At the very least, open source projects embraced by corporate confederations should produce better security outcomes than two guys named Steve can accomplish on their own.
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