"R.G. Mayhue" wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 02 May 2001 01:48 am, Paul wrote:
> > On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 10:17:31PM -0400, Russell Hires wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > With Linux, the code's all right there. It's not opaque, it's
> > _transparent_. If you find a bug, you can fix it. If you're not savvy
> > enough, maybe someone else you know can fix it. If not, you can log a
> > bug with Open Source developers. Chances are, you'll see a fix long
> > before you'd see one from Microsoft.
> >
>
> China's government has adopted Linux as their official OS due to the fact
> that it IS open source and they can check all the source code and compile it
> themselves. They don't trust Microsoft and the US government. They fear that
> if they were to use MS they would be subject to the possibility that the US
> government would (and could) supply a "special version" to spy on them and
> cripple their networks and systems in the event of a conflict.
>
> >
> [/snip]
> >
> > </soapbox>
> >
> > Paul
>
> --
> R.G. Mayhue
> r.g.mayhue@verizon.net
You must have been reading Tom Clansey again because this sounds like
one of his ideas.
Frank
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