ZDNet Australia: Ignoring Open Source “Petulant”: Sophos

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 16, 2003

“Open source anti-virus technologies are generating innovative
ideas that should be adopted where possible, the head of technology
for Sophos Asia-Pacific, Paul Ducklin, has told ZDNet
Australia.

“Rather than seeing open source as a threat, Ducklin says it’s a
reality that’s here to stay, and it wouldn’t make sense to pretend
it didn’t exist.

“‘It would be a little petulant to say that open source hasn’t
delivered anything considering how useful systems such as Linux and
Freebsd are,’ he said…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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