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Re: Contradictions

Posted by RobEnderle on 2004-02-24 07:52:36

In reply to JoeBunting

Certainly it is remotely possible that an accounting package could have been written by the guy in accounting who placed a back door in it. It is also incredibly unlikely.
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Why? Because he is only one person and the odds of him being in your company are very small. But in Open Source, a guy in accounting could present himself as an expert on line and find his way into the process after the fact. Also, typically, an accounting package is out of scope, while an accounting employee is not. This is just practical, audit teams are small and have a lot of ground to cover going in and reviewing every package, beyond making sure that the person who approved the package did so properly, is just not practical.
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So while you may be right that it is remotely possible, kind of in line with your being able to flap your arms fast enough to fly, for an audit proprietary software is generally accepted if the purchase was at arms length.
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You see, to survive an audit you kind of need to know what is tested and what isn’t. Traditionally proprietary software gets a pass, custom software (and Open Source falls in this group) needs a deeper review and, based on posts like this one, I expect it would fail almost immediately if this person is representative of the thought process in your shop.


*	Topic	Author	Date
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	Rob Enderle	2004-02-17 21:02:48
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	beaner	2004-02-24 06:19:24
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 08:20:23
	Re: Can Closed-Source Software Survive an Audit? (was Open)	heron	2004-02-22 20:41:15
	Re: Can Closed-Source Software Survive an Audit? (was Open)	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 08:06:47
	Rob undermines his own opinion.	sgt_jake	2004-02-19 12:59:42
	Re: Rob undermines his own opinion.	RobEnderle	2004-02-20 09:55:04
	I call hypocracy	bangular	2004-02-24 05:33:38
	Re: I call hypocracy	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 08:14:22
	Interesting	sgt_jake	2004-04-15 08:14:40
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	jejones3141	2004-02-19 04:04:20
	Re: Can Rob Enderle Survive Reality?	timransom	2004-02-18 20:44:12
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	ptarra	2004-02-18 14:05:38
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	beaner	2004-02-18 13:27:35
	Playing fast and loose with your terms	shadow255	2004-02-18 11:15:07
	Re: Playing fast and loose with your terms	RobEnderle	2004-02-20 09:25:26
	Re: Playing fast and loose with your terms	cricketjeff	2004-02-20 10:01:04
	Re: Playing fast and loose with your terms	RobEnderle	2004-02-20 11:32:51
	Contradictions	JoeBunting	2004-02-24 04:52:15
	Re: Contradictions	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 07:52:36
	Re: Playing fast and loose with your terms	beaner	2004-02-23 07:23:09
	Re: Playing fast and loose with your terms	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 08:27:26
	Re: Playing fast and loose with your terms	cricketjeff	2004-02-20 16:11:42
	Re: Playing fast and loose with your terms	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 08:48:54
	Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	bangular	2004-02-18 13:04:46
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	bangular	2004-02-19 02:47:43
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	cricketjeff	2004-02-20 06:11:08
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	bangular	2004-02-19 17:18:27
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	beaner	2004-02-19 09:12:37
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	RobEnderle	2004-02-20 08:53:30
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	beaner	2004-02-23 08:08:52
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 08:36:20
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	beaner	2004-02-23 08:00:28
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 09:42:54
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	beaner	2004-02-27 07:01:32
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	cricketjeff	2004-02-20 10:07:40
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	RobEnderle	2004-02-20 11:47:05
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	cricketjeff	2004-02-20 14:34:19
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	RobEnderle	2004-02-20 17:07:52
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	bangular	2004-02-23 14:00:50
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 09:54:11
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	bangular	2004-02-24 10:40:08
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 11:14:21
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	bangular	2004-02-24 13:27:47
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 14:10:10
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	cricketjeff	2004-02-21 06:39:38
	Re: Troll your boat, troll your boat, gently down the streeeeam	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 09:00:57
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	jmpnop	2004-02-18 10:19:40
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	RobEnderle	2004-02-20 07:52:51
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	pasikoistinen	2004-02-26 01:46:13
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	ixnayrox	2004-02-17 21:08:56
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	RobEnderle	2004-02-20 10:30:36
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	beaner	2004-02-23 07:51:47
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 14:33:19
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	phfcpa	2004-02-21 07:19:36
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 09:15:42
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	alfarom	2004-02-24 05:45:42
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 09:27:45
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	alfarom	2004-02-24 13:47:46
	Re: Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?	RobEnderle	2004-02-24 15:00:56
	Personally, you're wrong...	DarkProximity	2004-02-25 09:46:24
	Re: Personally, you're wrong...	Smithy2004	2004-02-25 13:23:05
	sorry, I had to leave	DarkProximity	2004-02-26 10:21:45
	hehe... let me explain.	DarkProximity	2004-02-26 05:58:42