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Open-source software gets a plug from Congress
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| “The committee is concerned by the rising costs and decreasing security
| associated with software development for information technology systems.
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| These rising costs are linked to the increasing complexity of software, which
| has also resulted in increasing numbers of system vulnerabilities that might
| be exploited by malicious hackers and potential adversaries,” the report
| states, “The committee encourages the department to rely more broadly on
| [open-source software] and establish it as a standard for intra-department
| software development.”
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http://www.gcn.com/print/27_23/47157-1.html
So they reject non-Free software for being insecure. It's also about quality,
not cost.
Recent:
With Vista breached, Linux unbeaten in hacking contest
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| The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was hacked on
| the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a Sony Vaio, that
| remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a three-way computer
| hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest conference.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/032908-with-vista-breached-linux-unbeaten.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Vista Called as Vulnerable as Predecessors
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| It looks as if Vista's reputation for improved security could be heading for
| the pages of history. PC Tools has renewed last week's attack on the platform
| with new figures that appear to back up its claim that Vista is almost as
| vulnerable as its predecessors.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146281/vista_called_as_vulnerable_as_predecessors.html
Vista security credentials tarnished in malware survey
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| "[Vista]has been hailed by Microsoft as the most secure version of Windows to
| date. However, recent research conducted with statistics from over 1.4
| million computers within the ThreatFire community has shown that Windows
| Vista is more susceptible to malware than the eight year old Windows 2000
| operating system, and only 37 per cent more secure than Windows XP," said
| Simon Clausen, chief exec at PC Tools.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/09/win_malware_survey/
Vista as Insecure as Windows 2000
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145681/vista_as_insecure_as_windows_2000.html
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