Google Backs Open-Source CERT Group

alphadogg points to a Network World story, which begins "Google has thrown its weight behind a fledgling security reporting group for the open-source community. The search engine giant, long a proponent of open-source software, is now one of three sponsors of oCERT, the Open Source Computer Emergency Response Team. Launched in late March, oCERT aims to be a clearinghouse for data on security vulnerabilities in open-source products."

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Are you kidding?

[Anonymous Coward]

I suspect they chose the name to increase visibility. This way, they get two front-page stories on Slashdot: this one, and the one mentioning the name change when they inevitably get slapped for being too similar to the CERT trademark.