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IBM doing it is no different than MS doing it. Nothing would have changed if they ran it all on an iSeries and last minute they (voting application vendor) "only applied a PTF to the system". It would be the same exact story. The point they were raising was along the lines of using an open source OS and an open source application so there is no issue of not being able to look at the source code to verify. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 8:32 PM Subject: Re: Georgia: 22,000 Voting Machines Got a Program Fix, Right Before the Election > > > Nice idea, John, but IBM just doesn't have the balls to do it. > > It seems that *ONLY Apple has that kind of courage any more... > > Heard of any M$ layoffs lately? > > ---------- > > On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > Saw this on another list, thought it might be of interest to programmers. > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Georgia: > > 22,000 Voting Machines Got a Program Fix, Right Before the Election. > > > > Black Box Voting > > Did anyone look at the source code? > > None of your business! > > No one certified the patches "No one is explaining the files in a folder > > called "rob-georgia" > > > > Read the whole story. > > > > http://www.blackboxvoting.com/georgia-fix.html > > > > <SNIP> > > ... identified the very real risk of an attack on voting machines through > > the Windows operating system.. Did any of the "rob-georgia" patch files > > from Diebold's unprotected FTP site make their way onto any of these cards? > > <SNIP> > > > > Windows, There's that name again. > > No mention of iSeries. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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