Re:"Egor, stop hacking Github"
by wisty on Monday March 05, 2012 @07:09AM
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There's an old debate over what constitutes "gray hat" hacking, and whether it's moral.
I haven't looked at Egor's actions too closely, but he seems fairly close to a "white hat". He's been a bit immature, and so has Github, but there's been no real lasting damage.
Anyone who's written a web app knows that mistakes can happen, and they take time to fix. I'm sure Github will handle the PR crisis with an informative and unbiased mea culpa (even if they secretly think Egor was a bit brash). People will keep using them, because their interface rocks.
This will stay on the front page for about 24 hours, then there will be a few link bait articles that also cash in on it, but that's about it.
I haven't looked at Egor's actions too closely, but he seems fairly close to a "white hat". He's been a bit immature, and so has Github, but there's been no real lasting damage.
Anyone who's written a web app knows that mistakes can happen, and they take time to fix. I'm sure Github will handle the PR crisis with an informative and unbiased mea culpa (even if they secretly think Egor was a bit brash). People will keep using them, because their interface rocks.
This will stay on the front page for about 24 hours, then there will be a few link bait articles that also cash in on it, but that's about it.