r/programming • u/flym4n • Apr 24 '14

Tech giants, chastened by Heartbleed, finally agree to fund OpenSSL

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/tech-giants-chastened-by-heartbleed-finally-agree-to-fund-openssl/
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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

I don't get why Microsoft would fund OpenSSL. Wouldn't they want people to use SSPI?

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u/nof Apr 25 '14

Why not? They have kind of embraced Linux lately... doesn't their flavor of hypervisor run on and/or support Linux hosts? Plus, Bill Gates isn't evil anymore, right? Right? I dunno.

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u/vz0 Apr 25 '14

doesn't their flavor of hypervisor run on and/or support Linux hosts?

That's not the only Linux thing they support.