The people holding up the internet

Re:The people holding up the internet by alpaca128 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @03:45AM (#50002942)

I remember when the maintainer of an open source XML library contacted dozens of companies for support to fix a critical vulnerability, and most of them didn't even respond and aside from two the rest went basically "not our problem, get lost".

A handful of companies probably care a bit but most won't bother to pay even a penny.

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Re:The people holding up the internet by dyauspitr on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:04PM (#50007536)

There’s a difference between assigning resources to a problem and taking on the responsibility for a utility and just donating money no strings attached with no accountability and potential positive press.

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Re:The people holding up the internet by alpaca128 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @06:25PM (#50013269)

It was possible to just donate money with no strings attached actually, and one of the two companies that helped did just that. And positive press was also involved.

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