__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 19 March 2007 20:02 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Dutch FOI disclosures reveal the odd business of evoting
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| "The Dutch have had evoting for years, and it has always had pretty
>>| lax monitoring. [After the hacks were broadcast] the government
>>| got interested and started asking for checks on the software."
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/17/foi_dutch/
>>
>
> Isn't it interesting how aggressive proprietary companies become when
> the quality of their software is found wanting...
If the source was out there, they wouldn't be so protective. It only comes to
show that a company that's employed by the taxpayer think it /owns/ the
software and nobody else is even allowed to take a glimpse.
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