Open Source: An Antidote to Closed Source Vulnerability

Every job I have had over the last 13 years I have been working on closed source software. I think that is true for most software developers. Companies make their money by producing value but also by creating a mote large enough that other companies can't cross.

If companies were to open source all their code then it would be very easy for a competitor to come along and make something better using their code as a starting point.

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