] In August, Raymond, president of the Open Source
] Initiative (OSI), acknowledged that the attacker was an
] "experienced Internet engineer." In a posting to
] internetnews.com sister site Linux Today, Raymond, while
] noting that he did not actually know the identity of the
] person responsible, said, "I had been hoping, and
] actually expecting, that the attacker would turn out to
] be some adolescent cracker with no real connection to the
] open-source community other than a willingness to stand
] down when one of its leaders asked. But no; I was told
] enough about his background and how he did it to be
] pretty sure he is one of us -- and I am ashamed for us
] all." Looks the shooting is on the other foot! This puts the Open Source community in the extremely ugly position of either turning in their friends or protecting criminals, in a very public way. Ever wonder what it feels like to be Yasar Arafat? |
