[ale] Linux Security article
Joe Knapka
jknapka at kneuro.net
Sat Feb 21 02:45:28 EST 2004
"J.M. Taylor" <jtaylor at onlinea.com> writes:
> This is a succinct article about the value of transparency in Open Source
> that may help.
>
> http://www.devx.com/opensource/Article/20135?trk=DXRSS_WEBDEV
>
> It's not a stunning piece of writing, but it sums up the most common
> arguments nicely.
>
> I found the next link very interesting about the need for transparency
> (not necessarily open source, which is a phrase that tends to produce knee-jerk
> reactions) in complex software. This really, really struck a chord with
> me as a programmer, but if you go on to the next page the author sums up
> nicely why it is important to have transparency as opposed to the head-down-and-growling
> possessiveness of Microsoft and others. I don't think it will help your
> linux-security-open source argument, but it is a different perspective on
> something that's not quite so hot-button.
> http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch16s01.htm
This URL leads to a 404. Correction, please?
Thanks,
-- Joe Knapka
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