full-disclosure - OSS means slower patches

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Date: Mon Sep 19 14:47:27 2005
From: michaelslists at gmail.com (Michael Silk)
Subject: OSS means slower patches

On 9/19/05, Roman Drahtmueller <draht@...ell.com> wrote:
> > > An interesting perspective?
> >
> > Nope.
> 
> Oh, I think it is. To some degree, the statements made are plain wrong.

Exactly: wrong, old, and boring.

 
> > > http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16650762%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
> > >
> > > Symantec Australia managing director David Sykes said the increasing
> > > popularity of open source software, such as the Mozilla Foundation's
> > > Firefox browser, could be part of the reason for the increase in the
> > > gap between vulnerability and patch, with the open source development
> > > model itself part of the problem. "It is relying on the goodwill and
> > > best efforts of many people, and that doesn't have the same commercial
> > > imperative," he said. "I'm sure that is part of what is causing the
> > > blow-out in the patch window."