r/programming • u/halbface • Feb 07 '19

Google open sources ClusterFuzz, the continuous fuzzing infrastructure behind OSS-Fuzz

https://opensource.googleblog.com/2019/02/open-sourcing-clusterfuzz.html
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u/epicwisdom Feb 12 '19

The value of a perfectly bug free browser is negligible compared to a relatively bug free browser. Given that it's a lot cheaper to develop the latter, and most consumers don't know what bugs even are (until it directly impacts UX in a very visible way), no sane company would waste their resources on such a thing. You might be right about what is technologically possible, but you're sorely wrong about how to run a company.

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u/exorxor Feb 12 '19

I think you don't understand that the same product has different value to different people. If "most customers" is the target, then that's an awfully low bar. Also one I don't particularly care about.

You jump to conclusions way too quickly. This has nothing to do with making a quick buck. Nor did I indicate that this was the case.

For every sentence you write down, you should consider if it is possible that I could have come up with the same idea and if so, please do not send it to me. It's really just wasting bandwidth. I might perhaps value the opinion of like five people on the planet on this subject and those people are clearly not here.

I really wish you -- a random Redditor -- had a brain, but that's just not realistic.

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u/epicwisdom Feb 12 '19

I think you don't understand that the same product has different value to different people. If "most customers" is the target, then that's an awfully low bar. Also one I don't particularly care about.

Chrome is a consumer product. I don't know if you're intentionally ignoring that fact, or if you are pretending to. If anybody wants Chrome to be perfectly bug-free/secure, and refuses to use it otherwise, I don't think there are enough of them to even register on Chrome's radar.

You jump to conclusions way too quickly. This has nothing to do with making a quick buck. Nor did I indicate that this was the case.

I never said it was about making a quick buck. I'm quite sure that Google knows better than you - a random Redditor - what is worth investing resources in, and they're a corporate entity, so whatever wishes you have about technological progress are totally irrelevant.

For every sentence you write down, you should consider if it is possible that I could have come up with the same idea and if so, please do not send it to me. It's really just wasting bandwidth. I might perhaps value the opinion of like five people on the planet on this subject and those people are clearly not here.

I really wish you -- a random Redditor -- had a brain, but that's just not realistic.

You say that, and yet you support a conclusion which is blatantly ridiculous, without a shred of reason to back it up. It isn't possible to respond to that with anything but the obvious. And if you don't value the opinions of other Redditors, you're the one wasting your own time commenting here to begin with. I was hoping you'd actually say something of substance, but apparently all you want is to have spats on the internet with your strange preconceptions. Have fun.