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Even FAANG companies rely on distributions and other companies to spot vulnerabilities, rebuild libraries, test and validate them. Even if the company rebuilds
by ex_amazon_sde 8y ago
Even FAANG companies rely on distributions and other companies to spot vulnerabilities, rebuild libraries, test and validate them.
Even if the company rebuilds everything, there's a huge benefit in knowing that you are using a well tested release instead of a less popular one or an internal fork.
Also: security teams hate big security patches.