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ends of the wires and we will connect them for you - same for exhaust | ends of the wires and we will connect them for you - same for exhaust | ||
pipes etc etc. Which building will he choose?<ref>[http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2007-March/033121.html Kenneth Gonsalves' explanation in ILUG Chennai]</ref> | pipes etc etc. Which building will he choose?<ref>[http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2007-March/033121.html Kenneth Gonsalves' explanation in ILUG Chennai]</ref> | ||
Say the encryption algorithms all of them are open , but the keys are the ones private. But still they are good at keeping the transaction secure. | |||
Similarly , There are two different concepts , data and code. | |||
Security in most sense is how safe the data can be , and that needs | |||
intelligent code , more the number of participants and more trial and | |||
error and more possible commits and development , better the code.Open | |||
source achieves just that :) And explain to him his data will still be | |||
confidential and its not 'open data' :) <ref>[http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2007-March/033195.html Antano Solar's explanation in ILUG Chennai]</ref> | |||