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eksemplar on Nov 27, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Don't measure developers, measure projects

No, I meant to say that open source libraries are especially dangerous.

I get why you may object, but open source libraries have failed us a lot and by contract the .net framework library hasn't.

There are a lot of great open source libraries, that are both well documented and maintained, but there are a lot more that aren't.

jgtrosh on Nov 27, 2018 [–]

Then i don't understand why you associate not knowing what's in a library with specifically open source ones. They tend by nature to be more open to introspection by any member of the community.

eksemplar on Nov 27, 2018 | [–]

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/11/hacke...

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