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It's 2017 – and your Windows PC can be forced to run malware-stuffed Excel macros

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"issue with a library then all the software which compiled against it will also be affected."

At least you can fix the lib and all dependent programs will be fixed. Think what happens when code is linked statically, and you have to wait for each and every application to be recompiled, if the developers are still around...

And even with open source, don't expect every user being able to download sources and compile them (maybe fixing issues meanwhile) - that's what greybeards like to do, but not the average user who expect a computer to be a blackbox helping to perform his or her tasks, not a sort of divinity needing constant care and sacrifices....

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