Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Warning - Serious 'sudo' Flaw Compromises Security Date: 14 Oct 2025 18:50:01 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <10cdluk$pc59$2@dont-email.me> <1NucnW53DZrMOHH1nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> <10cihiq$23kb8$6@dont-email.me> <10cios3$25sim$2@dont-email.me> <10cj667$29n96$5@dont-email.me> <10cjf5m$2cnh5$2@dont-email.me> <20251013114536.00000ae5@gmail.com> <10cl4ha$2q6c4$7@dont-email.me> <10cl59r$2qite$3@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net omvz8qPAZbv86A1NSaELRAvzRg0OevyqgZ1Tl9NxlK91ilG09A Cancel-Lock: sha1:QozRVWg1fg+FXYml/oB3AnEbUzk= sha256:bP1Nq+zYZxoK5I5MvbJf3Dq3P7iqqdG0Bn4RMxcgEV8= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76128 On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:31:39 +0100, Pancho wrote: > On 10/14/25 10:18, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> Hordes of slightly less than random monkeys can in fact produce >> reasonable results, >> >> > That depends, a lot of huge government projects suggest they can't. It > seemed to me that projects need a few good programmers to influence what > is done, and how it is done. This is especially true where something new > is being developed. A new type of program, not just a variation on > something done previously. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month The specifics are 50 years out of date but it should be required reading for every programmer and project manager. 'Hire more monkeys!' isn't a viable strategy.