> It likely stems from the same strawman argument that if its open-source, its
> somehow "better" or "more secure". You see this all the time with real Linux
> fanatics and they move the goalposts when asked if they will personally audit
> all 250,000+ lines of that Linux kernel looking for exploits.

In my case, it is because in the 1980's/90's I had a package I really
liked... enough to pay for it.  When the author abandoned the software, it
would have been nice to be able to make updates to it to keep it going.
Someone did manage to hex edit it and at least make it mostly Y2K
compliant, but it makes me leary to invest a lot of time and energy in
setting something up that someone else could walk off and leave.

Mike


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