Re:The Internet Is Being Protected By Two Guys Named Steve
by Tyrannosaurs on Monday April 28, 2014 @04:44AM
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I suspect that most corporates use FOSS not because of any philosophical support for it but simply because it's cheap and available.
If it's going to start costing them money then it would raise the question why not spend that money internally where they have complete control of the direction of the project and where only they (rather than their competitors) will get the benefit from it.
That's not to say that what you say isn't workable, just that it's not aligned with much default corporate thinking which makes it somewhat less likely.
Re:The Internet Is Being Protected By Two Guys Named Steve
by mattmanser on Monday April 28, 2014 @05:16AM
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That happened already, like 4 days ago:
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/tech-g...
Re:The Internet Is Being Protected By Two Guys Named Steve
by ilaksh on Monday April 28, 2014 @05:22AM
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Right but the amount 3.9 million to support not only OpenSSL but multiple other projects is so miniscule relatively speaking it is astounding. This "civilization"s priorities are so ludicrous. 3.9 million is probably a tiny fraction of the amount Google earned through ads selling blowjob videos last year.
Without having any idea of the numbers otherwise, could this not be a reasonably cost-effective approach to security? Making sure the OSS projects you draw on are properly funded so they can shoulder some of the security responsibility must be easier than employing your own army of security savants to do the same thing internally? I'd love to hear more info on whether this is or isn't a good approach.