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FOX | 4 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +49 
 I’m starting to see the importance of open source more than ever before
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Derek Ross | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 YES!
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FOX | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Took a long time tbh
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Derek Ross | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That's okay. It's about the journey and the end result.
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Tetsu | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The journey is different for everyone
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wencke | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 💯
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ButtercupRoberts | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Why now? :)
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FOX | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Today’s outage is because of what we’ve been told is a bug within a closed source software. 

If it were FOSS, it would be transparent, we would know the bug, the what and why. Maybe it could have even been audited before any damage was done. 

With Foss the problem could potentially be solved collaboratively. Decentralization means less fragility and single points of failure. 

I’ve been working closely to some open source projects the last year so learning some but today I’m seeing what has been theory to me actually come to life!