full-disclosure - OSS means slower patches

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Date: Mon Sep 19 13:27:00 2005
From: ivanhec at gmail.com (Ivan .)
Subject: OSS means slower patches

sarcastically speaking

On 9/19/05, Michael Silk <michaelslists@...il.com> wrote:
> On 9/19/05, Ivan . <ivanhec@...il.com> wrote:
> > An interesting perspective?
> 
> Nope.
> 
> 
> > 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."
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