Mis-Caution on Security

Open source software proves affordable, flexible for NIH, DoD



But just because open source software has a better track record than proprietary software doesn’t mean it’s 100 percent safe, said Ellen Libenson, vice president of marketing for Symark Software, which sells security management software for users of UNIX, Linux and Windows operating systems. Linux is a popular open source operating system.
While products like Linux are considered highly secure and backed by companies that can support users in need, some open source software programs are simply created by the community, meaning there is no support out there and nobody dedicated to ensuring the source code is not vulnerable to attack, Libenson said.
Before selecting open source software, users should do as much homework as they would with proprietary software, she said.
“Is there in fact a bona fide organization behind the product or is it just the wild, wild West of an open community of individuals of various skill sets?” Libenson said.


It's a wide wide west of programmers who let you see the code.

As opposed to a bona fide organization that HIDES EVERYTHING , doesn't tell you their programs have ten thousand errors in them, buggie to a fair the well (Vista comes to mind, XP too before the first few service packs came out) , uses crappy security encryption because it's copy righted so critics arn't allowed to look at it and see their blunders , only the hackers get that privilege, things like that.

The Bona Fide Organizations have a liteny of blunders and out right lies that leaves them in no position what so ever to criticize open source. It isn't even the pot calling the kettle black here since this very article already indicates open source has fewer errors in it than "professional" coding.

This isn't a caution on security. It's a mis-caution by someone trying to throw mud at the cheif competition who'll babble any meaningless words and hope people think his product is superior than the free stuff when in fact the opposite is the case.