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Apple Cites Open Source Core Security
ChilyMack writes "In a CNet article, Apple senior vice president Bertrand Serlet says, 'A lot of security problems derive from the core ... [With open source code,] thousands of people look at the critical portions of source code and ... check those portions are right. It's a major advantage to have open-source code.'"
With the skin peeled off the Apple, and the raw core exposed, it's easy to remove the rotten bits. Getting rid of the rotten bits is good, as it reduce the number of worms.
He who laughs last is stuck in a time dilation bubble.
I'd like to point out that Steve Jobs Did not say this.
The fundamental difference? When Jobs says something is cool, it's cool. When random execs at Apple say something's cool it means nothing.
At least, that's the way it seems to work...
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Q: What's worse than finding a worm in your apple?
A: Finding half of a worm.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.