> Well, you do not see many companies refusing to use most of the software
> packages that do not include source. I guess a lot of people don't mind
> mistrusting their software, ie Netscape, Windows and almost any decent word
> processor.
If there's a security hole in Netscape we can simply switch to using Mosaic
or Chimera or Arena or HotJava. Not having source doesn't mean we're crippled
if Netscape Communications goes belly up or someone finds a hole in it. We
still have an avenue of response. If our firewall is broken, though, we're
off the net until we can get things back.
References:
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Re: TRUST US
From: Christopher Klaus <cklaus @
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