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Nonsense! Open source things like PHP, WordPress, Apache, and Linux are attacked constantly.

• ebcode 9y ago
  Sure, but they're also being defended constantly by armies of programmers. When a vulnerability is discovered, the four projects you mentioned are all awfully quick to issue and distribute patches. Think about how Google pressured Microsoft to fix a vulnerability when MS was too slow to respond[1]. That's the kind of crap you see with proprietary development. Open source is just a flat-out better method of developing software, but especially so when it comes to patching vulnerabilities. [1] https://www.engadget.com/2015/01/02/google-posts-unpatched-microsoft-bug/ https://www.engadget.com/2015/01/02/google-posts-unpatched-m...