Startup to Offer Open Source Insurance

Posted by michael on Tuesday March 16, 2004 @07:34AM from the throw-your-money-away dept.

ThePretender writes "From the Infoworld article, 'Open Source Risk Management LLC (OSRM), a startup company that last month hired Pamela Jones, editor of the popular Groklaw.net Web site, as director of litigation risk research, plans to soon begin offering insurance policies to companies using open source software but fear that they may be sued, according to a company spokeswoman'. What's next - Developers having to pick up 'code malpractice' insurance? Egads." Might as well get some alien abduction insurance while you're at it.

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Why? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-16 07:38 · Score: 0, Flamebait

What's next - Developers having to pick up 'code malpractice' insurance?

Oh, wait a minute, isn't open source software supposed to be pewrfect and free of bugs because of the peer review? And no one ever hacked into a Linux server? And no one ever had a Linux workstation hang up? And there are no bugs in open source applications? And everything works as promised?

In this case, what are you afraid of when the customer asks you for malpractice insurance?