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[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

You'd think they'd also be worried about most proprietary software being a black box when it comes to their code. But it could be only a secondary concern

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

In an ideal world where people read the open source yes. But having contracts with a provider means someone else is responsible if shit fails and that’s half of the corporate world there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

We were restricted even on some proprietary software (especially if it was from a foreign owned company), but you'd be surprised how much scrutiny some of the major packages have had.