Two articles about open vs. proprietary source

[Gene Spafford <spaf () CERIAS PURDUE EDU>]

The Chronicle of Higher Education has a supplement on IT in higher
education that came out today.  It contains an article written by
David Wilson, a former MS student here, and me on the question of
whether open source or proprietary source is more secure.   There is
also a nice article on other considerations (and problems) with open
source projects in higher ed.

I am unsure of whether you can access both articles without being a
subscriber (I am), but often these articles are available for 5-10
days without a subscription.  They are definitely available in the
hard copy edition, in a library near you. :-)

The article by Dave and myself:
<http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i05/05b02102.htm>
The costs article: <http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i05/05b00101.htm>

Other interesting articles on IT:  <http://chronicle.com/indepth/infotech/>

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