Embedded RTOS Maker Raises Linux Security Issues

drquizas writes "Embedded RTOS provider Green Hills recently delivered an address where they raised the question of whether Linux can be considered secure enough to be used in defense applications. Much of the usual FUD is present in the remarks, although an interesting question is raised regarding what defense and other government contractors are required to do in testing code (in this case anyway): is the closed code here being held to a higher standard than its open-source equivalent, and does this change the 'security through obscurity' argument?"

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Re:Open source is much better than closed souce

[Halfbaked Plan]

and closed systems that crash vehicles into Mars due to metric to English conversion bugs.

Don't you think you're overreaching a little bit there? How does open or closedness affect something like that? You presented some good points but when you plop in a chestnut like that one, you make yourself look foolish.