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Re:Reflections on Distrusting xz by swed420 on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @09:52AM (#39917487)
I find it intriguing that out of all the speculative comment threads I've read so far, none of them have suggested it was Microsoft attempting to make FOSS look bad/vulnerable.
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Re:Reflections on Distrusting xz by beardedwizard on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @10:37AM (#39918099)
How would that benefit Microsoft, who owns GitHub, the home of OSS? It's not a secret that oss is vulnerable, the opportunity for MS is to sell the solution to a captive audience.
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Re:Reflections on Distrusting xz by swed420 on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @11:02AM (#39918407)
Microsoft making the decision to own GitHub in the first place also speaks to my suspicion. Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.
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