To be fair OpenSSL was mostly ignored by industry and the community until heartbleed. “At the time of the Heartbleed attack, the OpenSSL website listed just 15

To be fair OpenSSL was mostly ignored by industry and the community until heartbleed. “At the time of the Heartbleed attack, the OpenSSL website listed just 15 active developers, most of whom contributed to the project on a volunteer basis. But not all changes to the OpenSSL software are written by these 15 people. Rather, these developers help to filter and organize suggested changes from a larger community of people who make occasional contributions.” https://www.vox.com/2014/6/19/18076318/heartbleed https://www.vox.com/2014/6/19/18076318/heartbleed If you want the government to have more competitive Federal salaries for developers then write your Senators. As a note, I’ve seen some truly awful software written by highly paid devs, so, just paying more won’t necessarily fix the problem.