Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:48:18 +0300 (EEST) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramidi@otenet.gr> To: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> Cc: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>, Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSD direction/Damonnews article Message-ID: <20010607214537.M1756-100000@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20010606120032.A12215@darkstar.gte.net>
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Robert Clark wrote:
> I have a hard time believing that a foreign government
> interested in national defense is going to care at all
> about what kind of license an OS is released under.
>
> [RC]
Well, at times, I have heard arguments like:
o Windows is created by an American company.
o The source is not open, therefore it may be 'hiding' stuff that we do
not know and never will find out about.
o If they wanted, they could place hooks for remotely controlling our
programs.
and other things that are more or less paranoid.
When you are at war, I guess, everything is important.
Especially what software you use to run the whole thing.
-giorgos
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