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Source: Linux Watch - Posted by Eckie Silapaswang   
Security Projects Palamida, an open-source risk management company, believes in open source. But at the same time, its corporate code audits of more than 500 million lines of code has found time and again "specific open-source projects inside mission critical systems that had not been patched" with most recent updates.

Read on for an interesting account of what happens when you don't keep up with the times. A great point Palamida gets across is the fact that even though you are using a great open source tool does not substitute not keeping it up to date.

Read this full article at Linux Watch

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