[WEB4LIB] Re: next big thing?

[John Creech]

I was referring to Mark's last comment on "free high quality sofware," and
wondering whether he was referencing open source software.  I'm a fan of
the bazaar; cathedrals don't do much for me.

John Creech, CWU Library

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Dobbs, Aaron wrote:

> I suspect open source is not the only source for bugs & complexities.
> Privacy & security holes are being discovered and exploited more frequently
> these days and the recend BIND (DNS) discovery will only multiply the
> problem.
> 
> The more complex a system the more room for bugs (or undocumented features
> if you will)
> 
> I feel the sentiment below is more pragmatic than fatalistic.  Accept that
> there will be problems and apply the fixes as they are developed.  There
> will always be something that can be improved.  And there will always be a
> way for someone to get where they aren't supposed to be.  The biological
> metaphor really does work for Technology.
> 
> -Aaron
> :-)'
> "Pear Pimples for Hairy Fishnuts!?!"
> -Opus
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Creech [mailto:creechj at mumbly.lib.cwu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 1:10 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: next big thing?
> 
> 
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Mark Pecaut wrote:
> 
> > Let me offer a gloom and doom perspective:
> > - more privacy problems
> > - software that is more buggy and complicated
> > - more security problems
> > 
> > These are all interrelated.  Here is a happy perspective:
> > - more free, high quality software.
> 
> Mark, out of curiousity, are you referring at least partially to open
> source?  Thanks.
> 
> John Creech, CWU Library
>