Proprietary vs. OSS Software: The Debate Continues

Posted by gsh on Aug 14, 2007 12:43 AM EDT
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Proprietary code powers the world banks, networks, voting machines and other critical applications that we regularly interact with. But the real question is where mission critical applications like this can be done with open source code, as many open source advocates would like to see happen. There are concerns regarding the security of allowing open source applications into the mission critical fields, such as voting and banking, while others believe that with certain implementations, it could be done securely.

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