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On 28 Feb 2004 at 11:28, Ian Clarke wrote:
I think we need to acknowledge that by far the most important and most easily justifiable requirement is the verifiable paper audit.
My concern is that any additional demands (such as opening the sourcecode) which IMHO is justifiable, but far less justifiable than the paper trail, may detract from our ability to achieve the primary goal.
Personally I can't see much use for a paper trail if the source is fully open. However since it's unlikely the source would be made open (breach of contract or an expensive renegotiation), a paper trail is better than nothing.
At least they're better than Diebold machines anyway! ;) - though why we didn't just buy the Australian ones is beyond me (I'm guessing EU tariffs).
Cheers, Niall