I’ve referred before to the excellent XKCD cartoon that reminds us that huge amounts of modern commercial systems and code rely on a library maintained by a single open source developer somewhere in Nebraska. But have really thought about what that really means, about what the implications are? This week has driven the problem home in a number of ways.
Cyberweekly #189 - Trusting your source
Cyberweekly #189 - Trusting your source
Cyberweekly #189 - Trusting your source
I’ve referred before to the excellent XKCD cartoon that reminds us that huge amounts of modern commercial systems and code rely on a library maintained by a single open source developer somewhere in Nebraska. But have really thought about what that really means, about what the implications are? This week has driven the problem home in a number of ways.