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I am surprised more governments do not require more open source systems. But that should just be the beginning: To maintain autonomy, they need to organize mult
by Zigurd 5y ago
I am surprised more governments do not require more open source systems. But that should just be the beginning: To maintain autonomy, they need to organize multilateral efforts to audit them for back doors. They also need to look beyond current generation systems. Even with a lot of auditing and security testing, it is questionable whether current generation systems can be secured.
- jollybean 5y agoOpen Source in this scenario is a bit of a canard. It doesn't matter that much. And cost is less of an issue either: the cost of an OS per person is about the cost of a single support call to IT, so if an OS can make things 'just that much easier' it's worth it. I think the most important issue aside from the direct comparables is switching costs. If you get tied into an OS, then there's too much leverage.