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This is such a cynical view unfortunately shared by a lot of people in the thread. For two examples, the VP Security of ASF is there, here's his resume: > htt
by mikeyouse 5y ago
This is such a cynical view unfortunately shared by a lot of people in the thread. For two examples, the VP Security of ASF is there, here's his resume:
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-j-cox/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-j-cox/
Brian Behlendorf is there from the newly formed Open Source Security Foundation, here's his resume, in the form of a Wikipedia entry because he was one of the OG developers for Apache Web Server:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Behlendorf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Behlendorf
Executives from tech companies aren't usually just random MBAs -- they're often deeply technical people who ran engineering teams with huge impact.
Besides, they're not having a pair-coding session to ship a release to fix Log4J -- they're talking about a coordinated effort to prevent future vulns. Obviously engineering knowledge is necessary but the coordination aspect involves org-wide and industry-wide changes.