Were their widdle feelings all hurt by people sending in bugfixes and critiques?
I don't get that attitude. You would think for a system as important as vote counting they'd want to make it as secure as possible and get as much input on it as they can from people all over. Sometimes it's others who see things with fresh eyes that those who've worked on it for ages don't.
Plus open source just has the benefit of it being "transparent", anyone with a mind to do so can see how the program works, and it instills more trust. At least it would for me. You can't hide much if the source is publically viewable.
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Date: 2004-09-27 08:03 pm (UTC)I don't get that attitude. You would think for a system as important as vote counting they'd want to make it as secure as possible and get as much input on it as they can from people all over. Sometimes it's others who see things with fresh eyes that those who've worked on it for ages don't.
Plus open source just has the benefit of it being "transparent", anyone with a mind to do so can see how the program works, and it instills more trust. At least it would for me. You can't hide much if the source is publically viewable.