Re: [Visualpython-users] High School Network Security

[Gary <pa...@in...>]

Bruce Sherwood wrote:

> The comment that they might confuse "open source" with "freeware" 
> seems a highly likely explanation. In principle, open source software 
> could be MORE secure than commercial software, because it is inspectable.
>
> On the other hand, it is all too common for IT people to get in the 
> way of education. It is easier for them to say "no" to everything than 
> to support valid educational innovation. Sometimes this is due to 
> valid concerns about security, but often it is just a knee-jerk 
> reaction to anything new. 

Having spent nearly twenty years as an industrial physicist before 
switching to academe, I can testify that the situation is just as bad, 
I'd say worse, in industry.