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Recently, 15 executives at open source companies sent a letter lobbying the Obama Administration to consider open source solutions. The letter, signed by executives at companies like MuleSource, Compiere, OpenLogic, and Unisys, espoused belief that “the open-source industry is changing the world of software in many of the ways [Obama has] promised to changed American [...]

Today’s big tech news in the United Kingdom is a self-serving prognostication that once again states that “open source is less secure” than proprietary software.
This comes from a U.S. company called Fortify, whose business it is to search for code flaws. Citing its own research, Fortify suggests that open source as a whole is inherently [...]

The Conservative party was misguided in criticising the UK government for not implementing open source technology, according an IT security firm.
“The Conservatives have accused the government of failing to capitalise
on open source software, despite reports from government agencies that
have recommended its usage,” said Richard Kirk, Fortify’s VP and GM of
Europe.
Tories ‘misguided’ in criticising government’s [...]

The British Conservative Party was wrong to slate the U.K. Government for its approach to open source, and U.S. outfit Fortify Software has come up with research to prove it. The bottom line: open source is just too risky anyway.
According to Fortify, comments made by Tory shadow Chancellor George Osborne on the Government’s alleged failure [...]

The security practices of open source IT developers should lead enterprises to think twice before using open source software, according to a new study sponsored by security tools vendor Fortify.
The study, carried out by application security consultant Larry Suto, found that a lack of security processes led to a constant or increasing number of security [...]