We leave our city accessible to all and do not prevent anyone from either listening or observing, although some enemy might benefit from seeing what we do not hide, because we do not put more trust in contrivance and deception than in the courageous readiness for action, which comes from within.

The Peloponnesian War - 2:39 - Thucydides

The lines above were spoken by the Greek politician Pericles in about 500BC at a funeral for soldiers in the war between Greece and Persia where the Greek army had defeated an army of 4 million people.

Some truths do not fade with time.

We are committed to what is called open source software. Open source software is software that the codes that create it are available to anyone to see. Because of that anyone can improve it.

• Hardware and network - we use a variety of platforms that interoperate. We keep our network secure.
• Operating system - we are committed to open platforms, including Unix, Linux and systems with open interfaces.
• Software - InfoPoint uses open source software. We constantly monitor and evaluate new offerings. InfoPoint uses software engineering principles and tools.
• Development environment - InfoPoint has created a development environment based on principles of quality management and software engineering.
• Our management and culture - InfoPoint has a culture where learning new things is an end in itself.