[luau] Did MS Pay for Open-Source Scare?

[Elizabeth Long]

http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,52973,00.html


Authors of a new report on the perils of open source software
are being very closed-mouth about their funding sources. 

"Opening the Open Source Debate," a white paper slated to be
released Friday by the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, indicates
that open-source software is inherently less secure than proprietary
software. The report warns governments against relying on open-source
software for national security. 

A Microsoft spokesman did say that open-source software is not
innately more or less secure than proprietary software. 

A Microsoft spokesman confirmed that Microsoft provides funding
to the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution. 

Microsoft did not respond to requests for comment on whether
the company directly sponsored the debate paper. De Tocqueville
Institute president Ken Brown and chairman Gregory Fossedal refused
to comment on whether Microsoft sponsored the report.