The Pros and Cons of open source Tools (2019)

Posted by shagie on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:27PM
from the thwack.solarwinds.com dept.

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Re:The Pros and Cons of open source Tools (2019) by johannsg on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:48PM (#25449838)

A typical consultant/consultancy FUD used to sell proprietary/closed-source products (can’t be vulnerable if bad actors can’t see the source code).

> Security becomes a major issue. Anyone can be hacked. However, the risk is far less when it comes to proprietary software.

Also the irony, considering this was published on SolarWinds community site!

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Re:The Pros and Cons of open source Tools (2019) by shagie on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @06:18PM (#25450131)

The entire reason to post that FUD piece was that one sentence.

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