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Rails ROCKS (take 2)!
August 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Ok. I’ve written about it here before but I’ll say it again “Rails rocks!” – and so does the open-source community. Earlier this week, a critical flaw in the Ruby on Rails framework was discovered that would allow a malicious hacker to effectively shut down any application written on the Ruby on Rails framework. And within 24 hours a complete patch was available via the following command:
The entire process takes about 90 seconds
At any rate, what impresses me most is that the flaw was discovered, identififed, and patched in less than 2 days. Now THAT is the open-source community at it’s best. I’ve listened to pundits on both sides of the open-source question debate the hypothetical scenarios. I’ve heard those on the closed-source side chiding – “Open source software is inherently unreliable and insecure!” But don’t get me wrong. I’ve spent about 16 years in the industry and most of that time was spent on that very side of the argument. And I honestly believe I’ve earned the right to articulate an educated opinion on the subject. And no matter how you look you’re faced with one question: When was the last time you saw Microsoft turn something of this nature around in that time frame? And, if you’re honest with your answer you HAVE to give kudos to the OS community.
Keep it up guys!
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