Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:49:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, madunix <madunix@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Open_Source Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906030848330.49751@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20090603004914.73f40a60@gluon.draftnet> References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906021757290.2065@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090603004914.73f40a60@gluon.draftnet>
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>> >> I mean things like sending private data to someone else, scanning for >> other programs i have on disk, my addressbook etc. > > Given enough incentive, it unfortunately seems even open source > developers will resort to sneaky tactics: > http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/mozilla-ponders-policy-change-after-firefox-extension-battle.ars but it's at least much more difficult. And - my other rule fits very well here. Avoid OVERCOMPLEX programs. Unfortunately there are no well done WWW browsers for unix in the world. links -g is an exceptions, but in the same time it's quite limited. But have best fonts :)
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