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Linux Bans Univ of Minn for Bugs
Posted on 4/22/21 at 7:01 am
Posted on 4/22/21 at 7:01 am
Linux Foundation Bans University of Minnesota After It Intentionally Submitted Buggy Patches
LINK: Tomshardware.com
They were doing research.
Always questioned the trustworthiness of open source. They do appear to have some controls.
LINK: Tomshardware.com
They were doing research.
Always questioned the trustworthiness of open source. They do appear to have some controls.
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Posted on 4/22/21 at 7:02 am to squid_hunt
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Our community does not appreciate being experimented on,
They got a sack. Like it.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 7:07 am to squid_hunt
Dick move by those kids. And more importantly, dick move by their professor who did nothing when they submitted the paper.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 7:30 am to squid_hunt
The Linux community is all about peer review and testing.
The Microsoft patch system has been total garbage the past 2 or 3 years.
The last 2 patches have had patches to fix the patches because of bsod and performance issues.
Software updates are tricky but I like the Linux model more.
The Microsoft patch system has been total garbage the past 2 or 3 years.
The last 2 patches have had patches to fix the patches because of bsod and performance issues.
Software updates are tricky but I like the Linux model more.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 7:41 am to squid_hunt
The source article comments are gold
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Looks like this university should stick to parsing technical words in source code that they don't understand to find "offensive" terms and scream about them for SJWs
Posted on 4/22/21 at 7:51 am to squid_hunt
I Basically know very very little about this but I know what Linux and open sourcing and all that is, but is this saying that Univ of Minn had a class that was submitting data to Linux for other people to use that was fricking up their computers?
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:35 am to squid_hunt
Seriously, this experiment could be conducted with consent, or in a less malicious way. The experimenter chose not to to cut corners, and instead abused a product level system. This is negligent programming as much as it is negligent research.
Either you get consent, so the involved system can implement safety checks to ensure your patches dont go to final production even if you fail to request they not apply the patch.
Or you introduce legit patches that involve some read only method of tracking if these patches were actually reviewed. Again, either by partnering with the party involved, or utilizing some approach to know if the artifacts were actually loaded.
Either you get consent, so the involved system can implement safety checks to ensure your patches dont go to final production even if you fail to request they not apply the patch.
Or you introduce legit patches that involve some read only method of tracking if these patches were actually reviewed. Again, either by partnering with the party involved, or utilizing some approach to know if the artifacts were actually loaded.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:37 am to squid_hunt
Yeah, but the patch is not in official release. It gets vetted by the community.
Open Source is fine, you are missing the point.
Open Source is fine, you are missing the point.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 9:22 am to squid_hunt
NCAA sanctions incoming.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 10:07 am to squid_hunt
Open source isn't perfect. There have been cases of bugs being pushed through the review process (that might have been intentional). But it's still better than closed source proprietary crap where the user has no idea what's going on. There are still bugs in Windows that have been there since the 90's. Microsoft acknowledges it but says fixing it would be too hard without a complete rewrite.
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