> 2. You know what can disappear? commercial products. This this this this! In fact, commercial software is GUARANTEED to disappear. Once it is no longer profi

> 2. You know what can disappear? commercial products. This this this this! In fact, commercial software is GUARANTEED to disappear. Once it is no longer profitable to support the software, the commercial outfit has a duty to stockholders (in the case of public companies) to abandon the software and their customers. Once it's abandoned, it's impossible to provide support. At least with open source projects, you have both pieces of the broken case to glue back together when it brakes. If you are a Red Hat customer, I bet they would be game to talk to your auditor about the merits and benefits of open source security.