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It took 'over 80 different developers' to review and fix 'mess' made by students who sneaked bad code into Linux

Ken Moorhouse Silver badge

Those saying that this is a reason to distrust Linux...

...need to bear in mind that disruptive influences could infiltrate any organisation, regardless of that organisation's legal status. We're currently seeing this happen with Nominet for example. It could happen to Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, etc. etc... The only difference, in some instances, is that it could conceivably end up having a positive effect, if it were to happen.

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