http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,52973,00.html
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. A Microsoft spokesman did say that open-source software is not innately more or less secure than proprietary software. A Microsoft spokesman confirmed that Microsoft provides funding to the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution. Microsoft did not respond to requests for comment on whether the company directly sponsored the debate paper. De Tocqueville Institute president Ken Brown and chairman Gregory Fossedal refused to comment on whether Microsoft sponsored the report.
