More Microsoft FUD?

Did MS Pay for Open-Source Scare?

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.

Open-source advocates wondered if the white paper is actually a veiled Microsoft response to recent reports of rising government and military interest in open-source systems.

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

Oh, it sooo smells of MS tactics. If that's the case, it's another example of how empires kill themselves, and why the US DOJ should just step back and watch MS implode on itself.