A Microsoft engineer noticed something was off on a piece of software he worked on. He soon discovered someone was probably trying to gain access to computers all over the world.
    • Entropywins@kbin.social
      831·
      9 months ago

      A nerd who was benchmarking their ssh connection saved it…I love everything about that fello

      • a Kendrick fan@lemmy.ml
        193·
        9 months ago

        Also, the man has said repeatedly on hackernews that he’s a postgresql developer working at microsoft. I imagine that distinction is important.

        • EdgelDil@lemmy.world
          272·
          9 months ago

          And if he was a postgresql dev working on linux but employed by the cheesecake factory it would mean that the cheesecake factory saved linux? or was that rather due to that clever dev, and helped by the platform he worked on?

          • mcc@sh.itjust.works
            51·
            9 months ago

            but if cheesecake factory hired him and supported him to make this discovery, you would look at the menu differently.

          • bruhduh@lemmy.world
            21·
            9 months ago

            No matter how much you wouldn’t like it, there’s fallacy in your statement, either that single individual singlehandedly saved everyone without community and such, or Linux was saved by everyone, Microsoft included, i mean, going to such lengths in mental gymnastics just to exclude some corporation, albeit evil one, is funny i must say, in my opinion it’s either single individual, or everyone included, no need to specifically exclude someone just because they evil or something, and yes, if cheesecake factory hired someone, they shouldn’t be excluded too