Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 05:55:34 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /.: Microsoft Cites National Security to Justify Closed Source Message-ID: <20020522025534.GB386@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <p05111718b910898a5694@[10.0.1.4]> References: <p05111718b910898a5694@[10.0.1.4]>
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On 2002-05-22 01:38, Brad Knowles wrote: > MS Cites National Security to Justify Closed Source > Microsoft | Posted by timothy on Mon 20 May 10:34PM > from the so-bad-we-can't-display-it dept. > > guacamolefoo writes: "It was recently reported in eWeek that "A > senior Microsoft Corp. executive told a federal court last week that > sharing information with competitors could damage national security > and even threaten the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. He later > acknowledged that some Microsoft code was so flawed it could not be > safely disclosed." (Emphasis added.) So why not fix the code, instead of using it as an excuse for keeping things secret, especially when a court asks about it? ;) Sounds like a very silly excuse to me. -- Giorgos Keramidas - http://www.FreeBSD.org keramida@FreeBSD.org - The Power to Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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