Future Sprog on Nostr: I worked at a bank and had spent many weeks working on upgrading software and servers ...
I worked at a bank and had spent many weeks working on upgrading software and servers because of Heartbleed. Towards the end of the financial year they put out word there was some budget left over for software we needed, does anyone have any requests?
I sent them the OpenSSL Support services page and said we should get that, since it was such an integral part of our connectivity.
He laughed and said no.
Anyhow, here’s a thing about un[der]paid critical software:
https://sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-the-internetPublished at
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