__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 08 March 2007 09:57 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Fortify and the Java open review project
>>
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>>| Is open source software better than you think?
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| But in the meantime, this from the Colorado State University
>>| makes interesting reading. It suggests that defect rates in
>>| open source operating systems are comfortably lower than those
>>| in Windows, although those in Windows really aren't too bad.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/03/07/fortify_java_open_review/
>
> There was a similar study several years ago which had similar results, I
> think that Open Source came out rather better in that one, although this
> one is very much a clear win.
>
> Anyone who's been using foss for any length of time will be already
> aware of the higher quality of foss than proprietary code, on average.
roy@linux:~/Desktop> uptime
11:10am up 92 days 22:02, 8 users, load average: 0.34, 0.14, 0.05
It figures...
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