At 09:06 PM 8/20/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Government is not a business. It is in the public's best interest >[national security, return on taxpayer investment, freedom of information] >for the government to exclusively use Open Source Software.
I think that open source software always has the _potential_ to be more secure. However, in practice that is not always the case. Also, I am sure you are thinking along these lines, but when you say open source, do you mean open to the government but not necessarily to others? I don't think it makes sense to GPL and release a missile guidance system or the heat control system software for a nuclear reactor. By the way, I'm very pro-open source. I just think there are certain caveats. Regards, Dustin --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
