Open source in security: visiting the bizarre
F.B. Schneider · 2002
Although open-source software development has virtues, there is reason to believe that the approach would not have a significant effect on the security of today's systems. The lion's share of vulnerabilities caused by software bugs is easily dealt with by means other than source code inspections. The tenets of open-source development are inhospitable to business models whose success depends on promoting secure systems.