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Recent security incidents have shown how quick open-source is to address vulnerabilities compared to closed source. It has shown that FOSS does not come w/o a
by antattack 5y ago
Recent security incidents have shown how quick open-source is to address vulnerabilities compared to closed source.
It has shown that FOSS does not come w/o a cost (open-source does not mean free) and it's advantageous and necessary for companies to support FOSS financially.
- Mc91 5y agoIt has shown this. > Even more recently, researchers discovered two "critical" security flaws actively being exploited in Mozilla's open-source Firefox browser. Additionally, the open-source Linux operating system was just hit in "its most high-severity vulnerability in years." OK, but these security flaws are ubiquitous in closed source software as well. The difference in FOSS is the source is there for people to look at and scan for security bugs if wanted, and is there for people to patch when needed as well. Closed source has these problems as well, it is all just less public.