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has laid off many leading lights of the #OpenSource world. This will have a profound effect on #SoftwareSupplyChain #security.

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Google's open source team layoffs: Your software supply chain security is at risk

Firing ‘the best of the best’ in open source does not bode well for software security. Will the last to leave please turn off the lights?

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One of the many people fired was Chris

DiBona (pictured). Until January 20, he was #Google’s director of open source, holding the position since 2004.

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Patronage from firms such as Google was key to security-critical open source projects — e.g., #BoringSSL, #Samba and

. In this week’s #SSBlogwatch will the last to leave please turn off the lights? For

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@SecuredSoftware

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Google's open source team layoffs: Your software supply chain security is at risk

Firing ‘the best of the best’ in open source does not bode well for software security. Will the last to leave please turn off the lights?

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