From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Jun  2 15:59:58 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C3A9106566B
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  2 Jun 2009 15:59:58 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl)
Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
	[IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC2098FC12
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  2 Jun 2009 15:59:57 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl)
Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1])
	by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n52FxqOP002101;
	Tue, 2 Jun 2009 17:59:52 +0200 (CEST)
	(envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl)
Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost)
	by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id
	n52FxpcJ002098; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 17:59:52 +0200 (CEST)
	(envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl)
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 17:59:51 +0200 (CEST)
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906021757290.2065@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com>
	<4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com>
User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, madunix <madunix@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Open_Source
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:59:58 -0000

> I believe people can get more experience in general with open source
> technologies than they can with closed source.  The reason is simple:
> I can look at the code.  I can study it.  I can see what
> ${APPLICATION} is doing, and how the developer designed it.  This, in
> itself, makes me better at what I do, and better at troubleshooting my
> own code.

I would add - with Open Source add it's far smaller (actually close to 
zero) probability that it doesn't do anything except it's supposed to do.

I mean things like sending private data to someone else, scanning for 
other programs i have on disk, my addressbook etc.

If anyone would do this, soon someone else would see it because source 
code is available for everybody.