[conspire] Open Source blamed for power grid insecurity

Syeed Ali syeedali at syeedali.com
Tue Oct 17 13:33:43 PDT 2023


On Tue, 17 Oct 2023 02:55:05 -0400
Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:

> So the past few nights on the 11PM TV news in Orlando Florida, they've
> blamed Open Source for insecurity of power grid software, claiming
> that individuals create components used in that software, and a lot
> of the individuals are from Russia and China.

International individuals aren't so likely to lawyer up, so they make
for an easy target, and teaching the viewers the nuances would take too
long.  :(

The industry will keep puttering right along with open source, knowing
all the things you and I know about why it's so good.



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