Last week I wrote a post, Did Stallman Say Gmail is Worse than Stupidity where I noted that Stallman had made some interesting comments about the dangers (as he saw them) of running SaaS.
I just came across another post on GigaOM that pointed out an interesting aspect I had never thought of. The post asserted that the ability to run software is perhaps more important than having the code in your hands.
Check out the post, its certainly an interesting perspective on this issue...
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David Childs
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... I think open source in this respect is more transparent. It is not important that I have the code, but it is important to me that others outside of the business can look at the code. I lay my trust in others that they will raise a flag if they see something that is not right. If you look at Linux, people can look at the code and I feel pretty secure that nothing is in there that can cause harm, not intentionally anyway. If you compare Linux to Windows in that respect, we really don't know if this is the case with Windows becasue no one outside of the company has access to the code. We just need to 'trust' MS. Also in the open Source world there is thousands of people looking at the code to help with bug fixes, again this indirectly benifits the users of this software. |
Boris A local SEO
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... I like and appreciate open source but I don't like the down side. For example WordPress sites get hacked all the time! |
dpk
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... Non-open source stuff gets hacked all the time too, but to the extent that this happens less in that arena--if that is not just a perception--it is probably due to less widespread use of many proprietary systems, especially when it comes to something like IIS/MS-SQL vs. LAMP. Also, who are you going to hack--the big company with proprietary systems, big money, lawyers and law enforcement on its side, or some poor dink with Joomla on Bluehost? "Getting hacked all the time" is a good thing--the thinning of the herd that keeps the healthy Darwinian energy of FOSS alive and vibrant. In no system or environment is there freedom from risk and responsibility. Those who want such freedom want dependence and delusion, which is more risk and a setup for cataclysm. |
Bibliophile
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...I think open source in this respect is more transparent. It is not important that I have the code this is the equation |
Annapolis Cosmetic Dentist
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... As an small business owner without the "unlimited"/larger budget of larger organizations, we are always looking for some open source alternative. However, I think the comments on Open Source and hacks are valid...but, in some respects, it depends on the software and if you have it available to the outside world as well...imho... |
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