Re: "Once We Squeeze All We Can Out of the United States, It Can Dry Up and Blow Away."

Ari Silversteinn wrote:

>>> If I write code, by myself, in a locked room, closed source and the very
>>> same code, open source, which is more trustworthy (that it has not been
>>> compromised)?
>>
>> The open source version... without any doubt at all, and no room for
>> argument. Before you attempt a rebuttal, read what you wrote *very*
>> carefully. :)
>
> Since I can trust myself with a higher degree of certainty than any open
> source author, and since I am in a closed, controlled environment (locked
> room), the obvious answer, for me, ism well me, closed source coding.

And this little semantics game has exactly what bearing on real life
software development and usage, Ari?

None. Except for illuminating your inability to offer a reasoned rebuttal to
the realization that your own scenario flies in the face of your argument,
it's useless.

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