Re: "Once We Squeeze All We Can Out of the United States, It Can Dry Up and Blow Away."

Ari Silversteinn wrote:

> Fact based on what? That nefarious code has been expunged effectively time
> and time again? Nope.
>
> Truth is, you don't know. You can't know what is hidden and nefarious
> practices inside open source would, by definition, most often be so. You
> don't know that 1% or 5% or 75% of the code is compromised.
>
> *That* is the only fact here.

Baloney. I can prove this code is 100% not compromised...

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void){
printf("Hello, World!");
return(0);
}

>From there, it's only a matter of the aptitude of the reader as to what
complexity level can be understood as "safe".

Yes, that complexity level reaches a point where it's impractical to say you
*can* prove a given source code uncompromised, but that's a function of
human limitations, not any inherent flaw in the concept of open source.

And yes, Ari, there's a very long list of real life successes that open
source has afforded us. Bugs, snake oil, and nefarious code alike. Open
source works.

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Hand crafted on September 21, 2005 at 14:20:48 -0400

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
-Groucho Marx

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