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One of the things that's insane to me is how poorly funded so many of these crucial internet projects are. To my understanding, the majority of gpg is implemented by Werner Koch.. He's amazing, but is only human.

Tech Giants spend more money choosing the color of blue than they ever donate, and they seldom hire people to contribute code back upstream. :/

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Why does this guy not get more attention? I've used GPG for what, ten years, I have an issue I use the mailing list and Werner is there answering the question. I look at the commit log on a release and he's all over the place. GPG is a massively important piece of software. Would it exist without him? He is a borderline hero in my book.

I've always assumed that GPG must be the work of a team.

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