Microsoft is a national security threat: ex-White House cyber policy director

Re:Microsoft is a national security threat: ex-White House c... by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday April 21, 2024 @12:40PM (#40107108)

Nobody said random users should be able to edit. FOSS means the code is available, not that they're going to take patches. (See sqlite for an extreme case - code is public domain, but they more or less don't take contributions)

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Re:Microsoft is a national security threat: ex-White House c... by giantrobot on Sunday April 21, 2024 @01:55PM (#40107727)

Code available means everyone else has a leg up developing their own weapon system or finding flaws in yours. You don't really want adversaries looking through the source code of your targeting and guidance systems.

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Re:Microsoft is a national security threat: ex-White House c... by bongodongobob on Sunday April 21, 2024 @01:34PM (#40107530)

Parent literally said "I don't want my missiles to not have code I cannot edit"

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Re:Microsoft is a national security threat: ex-White House c... by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday April 21, 2024 @02:43PM (#40108115)

Since the line was

> I don't want my missiles to not have code I cannot edit, and stepping back from the top secret sphere, tangential I am appalled at how crappy car firmwares are closed source.

I read that as that whoever's missiles they are should have full visibility and control of their code; I am assuming that "my missiles" means the government, not that the poster personally owns missiles.

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