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Old 08-04-2007, 07:27 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by LoganSnake
... loopholes are always found in open source software ...
First let me say that I'm sorry it feels like I'm going to help "gang up" on you, when you just want one thing, and everyone's taking a slightly different tact on this question instead of what you actually asked for.

Second, I'd be happy to simply help, if I was any kind of hacker/cracker; but, I'm not.

I'm compelled to add a comment about your friend's possible mis-understanding of open source software. The idea that "loopholes are always found in open source" software indicates either a poor or deliberate mis-understanding of what open source is, and also why mistakes are found in it.

Open source software is not inherently flawed, except in the sense that it's written by human beings. If the software source is found to have flaws, they're known, identified, and fixed. If open source software is thought to have "more errors" than closed source, it's because the flaws in open source are talked about openly. Closed source flaws are not talked about, and often are unknown.

With the same similarly flawed closed-source software; no one identifies flaws and shares them, they are not dealt with. Often, they're only discovered by those exploiting them and kept secret.

Closed-source anything is a bad philosophy which only came about because of an economic system that prized secrecy. It's a foolish system of thought and should go away.

Somewhat generally speaking, anyone who thinks open source software "always has loopholes" is wrong, and is making a public display of how little they know about the subject matter.
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