Open Source a National Security Threat

n3xup writes "Dan O'Dowd, CEO of Green Hills Software, suggests that open source software has the capability of being sabotaged by foreign developers and should not be used for U.S. military or security purposes. He likened Linux with a Trojan Horse- free, but in the end a lot of trouble. O'Dowd thinks that unfriendly countries will attempt to hide intentional bugs that the Open Source community will have no chance of finding."

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Re:Understand the Source Perspective

[Chanc_Gorkon]

No they won't. The powers that be don't understand what you even just said! The powers that will sin that big check need to be showed, in small doses, why Linux is the right choice. Just because IT is sold on it does not mean that VP in the other department is. What you need to do to push Open Source more is use it where the big wigs either don't notice much or don't care. Then when a big system comes up for a change, when they ask what's out there, remind them of all the small projects taht have already used it. If they know that that function that that Linux box never fails, then they will feel more comfortable choosing it.