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		beardedwizard on April 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reflections on Distrusting xz How would that benefit Microsoft, who owns GitHub, the home of OSS? It's not a secret that oss is vulnerable, the opportunity for MS is to sell the solution to a captive audience.

swed420 on April 3, 2024 [–]

Microsoft making the decision to own GitHub in the first place also speaks to my suspicion. Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.

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