I guess that is why their preference is not Microsoft!! Venezuela for example. Jackson
On Jan 14, 2008 3:31 PM, John Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 11:25:26AM -0800, Jackson wrote: > > I was forwarded this today. I thought is was interesting. > > > > *DHS finds flaws in 180 open source software projects* *by Jacqueline > > Emigh<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * *January 10, 2008, 6:59 PM* > > > > *Is Linux and open source software really more 'secure' than commercial > > software products? Maybe, yet maybe not. The US Dept. of Homeland > Security > > and two research partners have now detected significant flaws in Samba, > > Python, Perl, and about 180 other open source projects -- but fixes are > on > > the way.* > > Now tell them to do the same thing with closed-source applications ;-) > > This is the type of example of the stunning incompetence of our > government I hold up whenever someone starts crying that they want the > gov't to "do more". > > -- > *********************************************************************** > * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * > * * > *********************************************************************** > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie > -- Jackson -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
