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This theory assumed things that are useful could always gather enough interest, an exception was demonstrated by openssl several years ago, and also https://xkc
by Koiwai 6y ago
This theory assumed things that are useful could always gather enough interest, an exception was demonstrated by openssl several years ago, and also https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://xkcd.com/2347/
- BelenusMordred 6y agoI see this said a lot about openssl due to heartbleed but there's not that much to maintain in established crypto libraries and openssl is certainly maintained if not basically omnipotent in security libs. I wouldn't say anything nice about the UX that resulted after a few decades or building for embedded but for the most part it does what it claims on the box.
- zizee 6y agoThat could absolutely happen. But this scenario is no more the fault of the original author than everyone else that had a choice in using that software, but also refusing to maintain it themselves.