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by lutusp 5038 days ago
> Lots of people trust closed source applications though. QuickBooks, Turbotax ...

No, they don't trust them, they use them because they have no choice. And the problems caused by Intuit's closed-source business model are legion:

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/computers/intuit_turbotax.htm...

The above sounds like a recitation of distrust, not trust.