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> And the full irony of this potentially catastrophic backdoor being discovered by a Microsoft employee still seems to be largely lost on the Open Source commun
by robertlagrant 3y ago
> And the full irony of this potentially catastrophic backdoor being discovered by a Microsoft employee still seems to be largely lost on the Open Source community.
I'm not sure things can be lost on a community. Aren't Microsoft part of that community?
- graemep 3y ago> Aren't Microsoft part of that community? The MS employee who discovered the issue is definitely part of the open source community. A significant contributor to a major project AFAIK.
- jqpabc123 3y agoIf all software was Open Source, there would probably be significantly fewer develeoprs doing Open Source --- and fewer developers overall. His day job is proof that he does not subscribe to the mantra that Open Source is the best or the only way to do software.