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Defending Open Source Security

Posted by michael on from the as-if-it-needed-defending dept.

dpilgrim writes "DevX's A. Russell Jones as thrown down the gauntlet, questioning the security of Open Source software. I've picked up the gauntlet and posted a response over on the O'Reilly Network. As previously discussed on /. Jones' comments are too controversial to ignore."

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  1. Idea for a new company! by mu-sly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, I just had a great idea!! If I form a company and deliberately write insecure, malicious code with backdoors in it, I could use it to control the governments of the world and become obscenely rich!

    Oh, wait... someone else has already done that, and most likely patented the idea. I don't want to get busted for patent infringement, man!

    Damn... back to the drawing board.

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