Subj : Re: distro
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Dec 24 2017 13:52:10

  Re: Re: distro
  By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Sun Dec 24 2017 08:39 am

 > >i'm not comparing windows and linux.
 > >linux has its share of dangerous exploits.  i'm just saying that open
 > source is
 > >not safe and people shouldnt blindly consider it as such.
 >
 > I would tend to agree with this statement.  Open source is no more safe
 > than anything else.  Back when Windows had an overwhelming dominance, most
 > exploits were written for it.  Now that linux (and other open source) have
 > been around for awhile, no doubt it is making a better target of itself.

I think open source software has the *potential* to be more safe than closed
source, but that really depends on how many people or organizations are
interested in improving it. With closed source, you only have one organziation
with the ability to improve the quality, while with open source, you have the
*potential* for a large number of organizations and indivuduals to
look/scan/test/improve.

That said, I think most open source software doesn't really get any more
attention to quality than it would if it were closed. <shrug>

                                            digital man

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