The Smartmatic PCOS computer that they propose to use for the May 2010 elections uses uClinux, uClibC, and a program that page-scans the paper ballots and counts the votes, all burned into ROM. Since Smartmatic is confident enough to burn their election program into ROM, this means that they are sure that their programs will pass the source code review provision of RA-9369, and will count the votes correctly, barring bugs in their program.
Read more in my Multiply blog: http://pmana.multiply.com/journal/item/51/Smartmatics_PHP7.2_billion_bid_is_NOT_ridiculously_low_May_31_09 Pablo Manalastas _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
