Security through Obscurity - hardly a new concept ... but maybe it will work this time.
Just a thought here - many years ago I sold a DEC computer system to the NIH complete with DEC FORTRAN ... the researchers ordered (and I delivered) a copy of the source code for FORTRAN (no it wasn't cheap and no I didn't keep a copy). Maybe the government already has a copy of the Windows source code? -- Edmund Cramp http://www.emgsrus.com/graffiti.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Tim Fournet > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 1:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Bunk was Re: [brlug-general] Study: Open source poses > securityrisks > > > > > discredit open source. What is frightening to me is > > that M$ is willing to weaken our national security > > through bad software to ensure their profits. I'll > > > Not to mention that they weaken national security by > maintaining control > (both financially and operationally) of the software that the > government > relies on. It doesn't have to be that the software is bad [not that it > isn't], but just that it locks deployments to a single vendor. > > -Tim > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
