Re: [DISCUSS] Oh boy... (fwd)

[Tighe Schlottog <emry@icephyre.net>]

this group is a talking head for redmond.  i have read one of their
"studies", you know that phrase abotu a million monkeys and a million
typewriters?  looks applicable in this case.  what a bunch of tards.

i wonder if these people have even heard the phrase peer review...

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> This is from the St Louis Unix group's list... what a crock of...
> butter!@#!@!
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> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:52:46 -0500 (CDT)
> To: discuss@sluug.org
> Subject: [DISCUSS] Oh boy...
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> This got my blood boiling pretty early in the morning.
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> http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.053002/221502375
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> Open Source Software May Offer Target for Terrorists, According to Study
> by Alexis de Tocqueville Institution's Committee for the Common Defense
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>      Business Editors
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>      WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2002--Terrorists trying to hack
> or disrupt U.S. computer networks might find it easier if the federal
> government attempts to switch to "open source" as some groups propose.
>      "Opening the Open Source Debate", a soon to be released white paper
> by Alexis de Tocqueville Institution details the complex issues
> surrounding open source, particularly if federal agencies such as the
> Department of Defense or the Federal Aviation Administration use
> software that inherently requires that its blueprints, source code and
> architecture is made widely available to any person interested - without
> discretion.
>      In a paper to be released next week, the Alexis de Tocqueville
> Institution outlines how open source might facilitate efforts to disrupt
> or sabotage electronic commerce, air traffic control or even sensitive
> surveillance systems.
>      Unlike proprietary software, open source software does not make the
> underlying code of a software confidential.
>      "Computer systems are the backbone to U.S. national security", says
> Fossedal, chairman of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution and its
> Committee for the Common Defense, which will release the study. "Before
> the Pentagon and other federal agencies make uninformed decision to
> alter the very foundation of computer security, they should study the
> potential consequences carefully."
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>      CONTACT: Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
>               Ken Brown, 202/548-0006
>               kenbrown@adti.net
>               www.adti.net
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>      KEYWORD: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
>      INDUSTRY KEYWORD: E-COMMERCE GOVERNMENT INTERNET
>      SOURCE: Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
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