Why Does Diebold Continue To Use Microsoft?
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| I have raised this question before; why does Diebold choose
| Microsoft for their voting machines over Linux? Linux is much
| more secure, much more customizable, and, possibly the biggest
| reason, much cheaper (Linux is free).
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http://www.intoxination.net/node/6319
Related:
Open Source, Transparency and Electronic Voting
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| Transparency has become a rallying cry for critics of existing
| electronic voting systems made by secretive corporations jealously
| guarding the software code inside their products.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/56938.html
E-Voting Raises New Questions in Brazil
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| Some Brazilians are lobbying the tribunal to switch from Windows CE to
| an open-source operating system for the voting machines, since Microsoft
| Corp., citing trade secrecy, won't allow independent audits to make
| sure malicious programmers haven't inserted commands to "flip" votes
| from one candidate to another.
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| Fontoura confirmed that Brazil is considering a move away from
| crosoft's proprietary code -- "We are studying the possibility of using an
| open-source program like Linux in future elections. This would make the
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| entire process much more transparent and far less expensive," he said.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060929/brazil_electronic_voting.html?.v=2
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