Windows Defender detects malware in DMD

Re:Windows Defender detects malware in DMD by criley2 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @05:01PM (#18349267)

That's like asking why you should correct false data on your personal credit report. It's someone else's computer database, not yours! (Or maybe a better analogy would be "Why should I ask Google to stop marking my legit domain as spam and hiding emails to my users? It's their system!")

Software developers have to lobby on their own behalf so their software fits into larger ecosystems seamlessly. Or deal with angry users.

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Re:Windows Defender detects malware in DMD by windwake12 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @06:28PM (#18349748)

Angry users is not something you can opt out of. Malware reports are just another fact of life for many open source projects. I think the putty link (was posted elsewhere) is an awesome summary of the impossible fight you're asking developers off taking on.

Also, that's an insane comparison between AV reports and personal credit reports.

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Re:Windows Defender detects malware in DMD by CamperBob2 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @05:44PM (#18349523)

Another analogy: "This is why Red Hat got $34 billion for some stuff that a bunch of other people, not unlike the D compiler authors, wrote for free."

Support is important.

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Re:Windows Defender detects malware in DMD by joshstrange on Thursday November 01, 2018 @04:12PM (#18357951)

akavel said it best, you have to pick your battles. Who are we to tell the D programmers that this small issue affecting a tiny percentage of their users is a higher priority than any feature/bug/etc they have in their backlog?

All of this stinks of entitlement to me. "I want you to fix my problem cause by my software that only affects a small group of people".

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