Given my background in IT security, one of the myths I saw about OpenSource (at least in large corporate offices) is that it is less secure and dangerous. Because of the other myths previously mentioned, IT security people who only work in the closed source world see the OpenSource as a threat, as the inside of the software is revealed, and thus, anyone can insert some trojan or malware. Actually, OpenSource is more secure, as if one does not trust a compiled program, he/she can recompile from source, and perform a full source code inspection, which cannot be performed on closed programs. It took a lot of efforts for US government and then other governments to get their hands on Windows source code, invoking national security. Even then, what the consumer/user gets is a closed program. JF --- Moi, je suis Linux, Et Windows 7, c'était pas mon idée !....... I am Linux, And Windows 7 was NOT my idea !....... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] what are the "five myths about open source"? From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> Date: Tue, June 28, 2011 8:25 am To: Ottawa Linux Users Group <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> a colleague wants to write an article along the lines of the most pernicious myths about open source software. so, in your opinion, what would those be? let's stick to the top five, along with their brutal and savage debunking. thanks. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux