Summary: Fortify's latest cheap shot at Firefox is very weak and difficult to justify (Fortify is very close to Microsoft)

Fortify Software just cannot help itself. Every now and then it slams Free software for having some of the same deficiencies that exist in proprietary software. This is nothing new from Fortify by the way. We covered some previous examples (even more obvious ones) in:

• Fortify, EMC and Microsoft's Coalitions Against GNU/Linux
• Microsoft's Puppy, Fortify, Attacks Android (Linux) Over E-reader 'Security'
• Microsoft's Ally Fortify is Fortifying Fear of Free Software, Just Like OpenLogic and Black Duck
• Where Do Gartner's and Fortify's Attacks on Free Software Come From?

Fortify's latest bit of FUD makes use of a Firefox bug. Fortify is an opportunist here, having decided to generalise this bug to the whole of Free software and the FUD begins like this:

This issue, says Fortify Software, highlights the fact that open source software must be tested for security vulnerabilities - and fixed -- before it is used in any business.

Oh, really? Is that not the case for proprietary software too? Fortify is just trying to sell its own services, but why does it pick Free software as a scapegoat so often? Could it have something to do with its close Microsoft relationships?

Speaking of "open source", guess who is still ushering Microsoft's "open source" entryism as we described it yesterday? It's David Worthington. When "open source" means Microsoft-only. ⬆