>> I think some of the shine came off when they had a gaping security hole >> in which they demanded that people upgrade to the latest revision >> In 2 or 3 days they pushed out like 2 or 3 patches. > > I've seen this quite a bit with open-source software. Everything goes great > for a while then they slip up for a while. This happened to the PHP > developers early in the v4 release cycle and they finally set up a security > team to be in full charge of it - RoR needs to do likewise. >
I've seen this quite a bit with propriety software as well. The only difference is the propriety vendors don't readily disclose security holes in their product; the so-called security through obscurity model. ;) Eric ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:266654 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
