Posted by: andrecaldas
on February 14, 2004 08:28 AM
Dear friend,
I guess you just don't understand what it is all about... maybe you should read more, and think more using YOUR head.
Do you really understand what Joe Barr says on his article? I think you are missing the point... maybe you are not beeing "open minded" enough. I will give you some tips, OK.
1. Governments as well as other institutions make contracts with other companies in order to have software tailor-made for them. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT MICROSOFT!! I my self work for a small company that makes software for the government. What protects the government against me?
2. ANY ONE CAN MAKE SOFTWARE. We are talking about changing existent software as if Windows and Linux were the only piece of software on earth. ANY ONE CAN MAKE A MALICIOUS SOFTWARE. But this doesn't imply this program will be executed on your computer!! (unless you use Outlook express, or IE)
3. Projects have administrators. Any one can download an Open Source project and change THEIR OWN VERSION. But this doesn't change the original "offical" version.
4. Suppose I make a malicious software and try to run it on a Linux machine... My program would be "bind" to "privilege restrictions". That is not really true for Windows... A hacker doesn't even need to change anything on windows to execute programs with arbitrary privileges!
5. Even if you run Windows, this is not the only software being executed on your system! You have many applications inside your computer. Some how I feel you see "closed programs" as immutables because you belive they all come from God (Bill).
6. Why don't you read the article once more?
It seems that in order to "poison" some institutions program, one would need to be already inside it and have the proper power! What is the role played by the open source then?
If am developing a piece of software to some organization, then the software is OPEN TO ME and CLOSED TO THE ORGANIZATION (as well as to the rest of the world).
Please, when you read some article, don't just skip the part you don't understand. Ask your self: "What does the author means with..."
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Posted by: andrecaldas on February 14, 2004 08:28 AMI guess you just don't understand what it is all about... maybe you should read more, and think more using YOUR head.
Do you really understand what Joe Barr says on his article? I think you are missing the point... maybe you are not beeing "open minded" enough. I will give you some tips, OK.
1. Governments as well as other institutions make contracts with other companies in order to have software tailor-made for them. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT MICROSOFT!! I my self work for a small company that makes software for the government. What protects the government against me?
2. ANY ONE CAN MAKE SOFTWARE. We are talking about changing existent software as if Windows and Linux were the only piece of software on earth. ANY ONE CAN MAKE A MALICIOUS SOFTWARE. But this doesn't imply this program will be executed on your computer!! (unless you use Outlook express, or IE)
3. Projects have administrators. Any one can download an Open Source project and change THEIR OWN VERSION. But this doesn't change the original "offical" version.
4. Suppose I make a malicious software and try to run it on a Linux machine... My program would be "bind" to "privilege restrictions". That is not really true for Windows... A hacker doesn't even need to change anything on windows to execute programs with arbitrary privileges!
5. Even if you run Windows, this is not the only software being executed on your system! You have many applications inside your computer. Some how I feel you see "closed programs" as immutables because you belive they all come from God (Bill).
6. Why don't you read the article once more?
It seems that in order to "poison" some institutions program, one would need to be already inside it and have the proper power! What is the role played by the open source then?
If am developing a piece of software to some organization, then the software is OPEN TO ME and CLOSED TO THE ORGANIZATION (as well as to the rest of the world).
Please, when you read some article, don't just skip the part you don't understand. Ask your self: "What does the author means with..."
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