http://techticker.net/2009/01/23/mandating-open-source-use-is-an-oxymoron/ educational technology, eLearning & emerging technology Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:04:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://techticker.net/2009/01/23/mandating-open-source-use-is-an-oxymoron/comment-page-1/#comment-3005 Kate Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:48:41 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=1079#comment-3005 I don think that open source will ever become a mandate in the USA. As much as I love the idea on a personal level I am forced to agree that some things need to be kept closed, for securities sake if nothing else. As technology (like IM's and email) grow to be used more in the business world there are people who want to get to things they should not with malicious intent. That is why we have tools like passwords and encryption (like Brosix for IM's) that are designed to keep things out. Sometimes keeping things inside the walled garden is the only way to keep things from ending up badly. Even Obama knows that. He may be open, but I doubt that he will be sharing the locations of our nuclear facilities with hostile nations anytime soon. I don think that open source will ever become a mandate in the USA. As much as I love the idea on a personal level I am forced to agree that some things need to be kept closed, for securities sake if nothing else. As technology (like IM’s and email) grow to be used more in the business world there are people who want to get to things they should not with malicious intent. That is why we have tools like passwords and encryption (like Brosix for IM’s) that are designed to keep things out. Sometimes keeping things inside the walled garden is the only way to keep things from ending up badly. Even Obama knows that. He may be open, but I doubt that he will be sharing the locations of our nuclear facilities with hostile nations anytime soon.

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