[Ilugc] [ILUG-C][OT] On matters of national security and open source
- From: vkanakala@xxxxxxxxx (Vamsee Kanakala)
- Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:40:33 +0530
On Wednesday 06 July 2011 07:22 AM, Yogesh Girikumar wrote:
So I was thinking writing an open letter to those douc***ags in plain
english on what this is all about and how and why they should rethink about
using proprietary software that rely on security by obscurity.
Writing an open letter is all fine, but you have to think from their
shoes. These companies are led by bureaucrats who haven't been trained
in god knows how long and they simply don't know any better in most
cases. Most junior-level employees who can effect changes don't have any
power to do so or the will to fight the system.
If you go and meet these guys, the response will most likely be, "thanks
for bringing it to our attention. So who can set this up and give us
SLAs, and where do we sign?". So unless you're approaching them with a
reasonably complete solution that addresses this problem, you can mostly
expect as much animosity as you're showing them in return.
So instead of writing them an accusatory open letter that is only likely
to get them even more defensive, try meeting any of them and ask, "this
is what I do for a living, how can I help?". That would help you
understand the challenges they're dealing with, and help you propose a
more meaningful solution.
Vamsee.
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