Re: The power of open source
Oh I think Heartbleed did that for us. Every web server in teh hole wurld fucked, except the Windows/IIS ones which didn't use the open source library with the "programming for dummies" example memory usage fuckup in it.
The sad fact is that either open or closed is equally as likely to have cockups in it and these are only usually found when somebody either spots a problem and looks for the cause or runs across it while modifying the code for another reason. The idea of thousands of highly-skilled people burning the midnight oil scrutinising every line of open-source code for bugs on the off-chance is a lovely one, but in the real world it just doesn't happen.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
