Re: Windows 95 testing halted at Motorola

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From: Frere
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 17:47

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In article <40vt02$8c9@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> rsjohnso@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Scot Johnson) writes:

>All these posts about users needing to know source code of their OS
>and having the sophistication of a Unix administrator is ridiculous.
>It's like a comment made by a friend of mine (a linux fanatic) who
>claimed that all artist should know the chemical composition and    
>properties of the paint they were using.  Otherwise they couldn't be
>considered "competent enough" to use their tools.  

>                S. Johnson

Never-the-less, the code should be available for public scrutiny which is why 
the source code for PGP is.  Cryptographers around the world can, if they so 
wish, check the algorithms and logic to try to identify weaknesses.  The point 
is, source code should be available for anyone who wishes to check to see 
that the code does what it is supposed to do and doesn't do what it isn't 
supposed to do.  M$ will not let anyone (not even the US Govt!) have the 
source code.  Do they have something to hide?

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