http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,52973,00.html

2:00 a.m. June 5, 2002 PDT
Authors of a new report on the perils of open source
software are being very closed-mouth about their
funding sources.

"Opening the Open Source Debate," a white paper slated
to be released Friday by the Alexis de Tocqueville
Institution, indicates that open-source software is
inherently less secure than proprietary software. The
report warns governments against relying on
open-source software for national security.

Open-source advocates wondered if the white paper is
actually a veiled Microsoft response to recent reports
of rising government and military interest in
open-source systems.

A Microsoft spokesman confirmed that Microsoft
provides funding to the Alexis de Tocqueville
Institution.

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