Open Source is nice in a corporate environment when the developers are responsible if something goes terribly wrong. But the government cant and shouldnt have to deal with all the flak when a non-critical aspect goes down. Hence Proprietary software. Therea re more that enough drones out there ready and fully skilled to handle and be held accountable for proprietary software and thusly will be more inclined to not let it happen
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Open Source is nice in a corporate environment when the developers are responsible if something goes terribly wrong. But the government cant and shouldnt have to deal with all the flak when a non-critical aspect goes down. Hence Proprietary software.
Therea re more that enough drones out there ready and fully skilled to handle and be held accountable for proprietary software and thusly will be more inclined to not let it happen