Security News > 2020 > December > Security moves from blocker to driver of open source adoption
Figure A. As mentioned, cost remains a driver for open source adoption, but the number one driver of open source today was the number one inhibitor of open source adoption 10 years ago: Security.
This, despite things like Heartbleed and other well-publicized open source security breaches.
Early on, people criticized open source security because, well, it's open.
Open source proponents went to the opposite extreme, arguing that open source is more secure by default because "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." The problem, of course, is that it's simply not the case that there are lots of "Eyeballs" inspecting open source code to make sure it's secure.
Bugs in open source code, when uncovered, are quickly fixed through an open process.
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