>> I question the whole notion of using open source in military weapons. >> It seems like a rather basic violation of operational security. Perhaps >> your enemies will exploit your bugs instead of nicely reporting them >> and submitting patches on SourceForge ;-) > > Eric Raymond would argue that it's probably the other way around -- > proprietary software doesn't have enough eyeballs to make it safe. :-) >
I guess in some cases it wouldn't matter if it were open source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124027491029837401.html I'm not sure of the seriousness (or mental stability) of Mr. "OMEGA RED", but I definitely got a chuckle from this :) - Phillip _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
