From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 23:49:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D13F8106566C for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:49:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (brucec-1-pt.tunnel.tserv4.nyc4.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f06:c09::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C7C28FC1B for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:49:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AAC219261; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:49:20 +0000 (GMT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on muon X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from gluon.draftnet (unknown [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:240:f4ff:fe57:9871]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:49:19 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:49:14 +0100 From: Bruce Cran To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20090603004914.73f40a60@gluon.draftnet> In-Reply-To: References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Glen Barber , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, madunix Subject: Re: Open_Source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:49:22 -0000 On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 17:59:51 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > I believe people can get more experience in general with open source > > technologies than they can with closed source. The reason is > > simple: I can look at the code. I can study it. I can see what > > ${APPLICATION} is doing, and how the developer designed it. This, > > in itself, makes me better at what I do, and better at > > troubleshooting my own code. > > I would add - with Open Source add it's far smaller (actually close > to zero) probability that it doesn't do anything except it's supposed > to do. > > I mean things like sending private data to someone else, scanning for > other programs i have on disk, my addressbook etc. Given enough incentive, it unfortunately seems even open source developers will resort to sneaky tactics: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/mozilla-ponders-policy-change-after-firefox-extension-battle.ars -- Bruce Cran