I made a similar comparison on a MVP internal mailing list. There are at least a dozen "free" SSL implementations available.
OpenSSL was perhaps the first to be usable. But there are many others. I (personally) would probably have chosen to use CyaSSL if I were not using Windows. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph L. Casale Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 9:43 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Corporate Support of Open-Source projects > Why some open-source project enjoy so much more corporate support than > others > -- > http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/virtual-cio/linux-vs-openssl-support-a-mat > ter-of-revenue-potential-60915 > > Please take a look at this article and let me know what you think... So, if we're gonna compare "Linux" to "OpenSSL" then gets a few things straight: Linux is an operating system which is nothing without the collection of projects that provide it any use. OpenSSL is one such project, but we could have used Polar for example... If you think that is not relevant and you want to simply be pedantic, boot your kernel without *any* packages or userland, configure your network and mua, and reply to me... Anyways, since we compared an "Operating System" or more realistically a "collection" against a single item, this debate raises an exception:)
