In another thread it was asked why critical infrastructure was still trusted to Windows. I do not wish to rehash that question, but it makes me wonder, how important is openness to you?
I have written banking software for about 15 years, and I used to think that the occasionally shoddy approach to security, resource management and even algorithms was down to lack of better software. Over time I have swung to the belief it really is down to no one caring to provide better solutions. Akin to how there are few open GPUs since no one seems to demand that their GPU be open.
I cannot really say that I have ever chosen a pension fund based their openness with their process, nor a shirt maker. How about you? Is BSD style transparency a selection criteria outside hard- and software?
I'm thinking I should make it one.
I have written banking software for about 15 years, and I used to think that the occasionally shoddy approach to security, resource management and even algorithms was down to lack of better software. Over time I have swung to the belief it really is down to no one caring to provide better solutions. Akin to how there are few open GPUs since no one seems to demand that their GPU be open.
I cannot really say that I have ever chosen a pension fund based their openness with their process, nor a shirt maker. How about you? Is BSD style transparency a selection criteria outside hard- and software?
I'm thinking I should make it one.