Is an open-source pacemaker safer than closed-source?

Re:Is an open-source pacemaker safer than closed-source? by mikegerwitz on Friday May 11, 2012 @11:21AM (#3959655)

Karen Sandler of the GNOME Foundation discussed an issue similar to this nearly a year ago at OSCON (2011):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFZGpES-St8

Indeed, the first thing that came to mind when I saw this presentation was RMS' comment, as mentioned in this article.

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Re:Is an open-source pacemaker safer than closed-source? by mlinksva on Friday May 11, 2012 @11:33AM (#3959718)

Sandler gave a much longer version of the talk at LCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XDTQLa3NjE

The paper both are based on is at https://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2010/jul/21/software-de...

edit: Also, similar points can be made about other embedded and safety-critical software. security through obscurity in automobiles is scary, some materials on this at http://she-devel.com

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Re:Is an open-source pacemaker safer than closed-source? by willvarfar on Friday May 11, 2012 @11:23AM (#3959661)

yes, the abc story linked in the article touches on it; your video is much clearer source, I'll add the link too :)

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