Eh. I don't necessarily think open-source stuff is any better by virtue of being open source (although I know that's not the point you were making). I like Perl because of the vast quantities of high-quality, reviewed code on CPAN, not because of utter crap like Matt's Script Archive.
Or, for instance, take a gander at some of SQL-Ledger's vulnerabilities. These are not trivial issues, but they've been around for years. I saw massive flaws in its code when I was a fledgling programmer and refused to allow my company to use it for accounting.
Why is this a big deal? SQL-Ledger used to be really played up in the "is Linux ready for the desktop/corporation/space shuttle" debates, as it was supposedly the answer for a lack of accounting software. It got lots of fanboy attention on Slashdot, usually sandwiched in between articles full of foaming-at-the-mouth geeks insisting that Bill Gates be put to death for releasing software with a default password set or something.
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Date: 2007-01-12 04:06 am (UTC)Or, for instance, take a gander at some of SQL-Ledger's vulnerabilities. These are not trivial issues, but they've been around for years. I saw massive flaws in its code when I was a fledgling programmer and refused to allow my company to use it for accounting.
Why is this a big deal? SQL-Ledger used to be really played up in the "is Linux ready for the desktop/corporation/space shuttle" debates, as it was supposedly the answer for a lack of accounting software. It got lots of fanboy attention on Slashdot, usually sandwiched in between articles full of foaming-at-the-mouth geeks insisting that Bill Gates be put to death for releasing software with a default password set or something.