accurate headlines are illegal
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| Author | Content |
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| tuxchick Jan 09, 2008 10:33 AM EDT |
A more accurate headline would read "Open source closes holes faster than closed source". But I guess that's too boring. |
| vainrveenr Jan 09, 2008 11:06 AM EDT |
At the conclusion of the piece, Babcock writes
Quoting:Open source projects are different from commercial products in that commercial companies rarely acknowledge security defects in their code or whether they have been dealt with. "Our commercial customers wouldn't like it too much if we aired the number of defects found in their code," said Maxwell, when asked about the results from scans on 400 product lines of the firm's private customers.An honest admission, right? And the main point of Babcock's headline 'Open Source Code Contains Security Holes' _plus_ his "honest admission" is exactly what??? If it looks like FUD, if it smells like FUD..... |
| hkwint Jan 09, 2008 1:02 PM EDT |
In my opinion, any statement that reads 'code contains security holes' is just as boring as stating rabbits make holes.Quoting:If it looks like FUD, if it smells like FUD..... Chances are it sounds, feels and tastes like FUD too. |
| Sander_Marechal Jan 09, 2008 2:06 PM EDT |
I knew that before I posted it. Just take a look at the editorial byline from the article I posted (intentionally) right after this one: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/98022/index.html |
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