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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by markus_zhang on Monday April 01, 2024 @10:51AM (#39894737)
Either way, it gives more jobs and $$$ to software developers in general. I'm fine with both :)

Just imagine how many more jobs will be created if every large company decides to roll their own stuffs. A lot are actually doing this, but not enough.

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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by treyd on Monday April 01, 2024 @11:31AM (#39895224)
That is a tremendous amount of duplicated effort and it would be nice to be able to go and do something else with our skills and lives.
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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by bongodongobob on Monday April 01, 2024 @10:55AM (#39894774)
That just sounds like the broken window fallacy then. "It's good we have broken windows so the window makers have jobs".
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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by pkulak on Monday April 01, 2024 @11:14AM (#39895003)
It absolutely is. But we're all window makers, so our perspective is slightly different from general econ. ;)
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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by sargun on Monday April 01, 2024 @11:56AM (#39895556)
To be fair, you also need software engineers to break the windows. It is in our best interest to break the windows.
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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by markus_zhang on Monday April 01, 2024 @11:04AM (#39894887)
Since that already happened, let's drink from the half-full bottle.
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Re:What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infe... by rmbyrro on Monday April 01, 2024 @01:28PM (#39896634)
You should have more discretion with those ideas or disclose irony clearly, which I hope is the case here.
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