[CS-FSLUG] Re: Linux: Fewer Bugs Than Rivals

[Eduardo Sanchez]

James: Welcome to the list. :)

Blessings,

Eduardo

On Thursday 16 December 2004 04:30, James W. Thompson, II wrote:
> The issue I would think with the quality of FOSS over proprietary is
> that FOSS developers know their work will be publicly viewable and
> since status in the FOSS community has long been built on reputation
> and skill, someone wouldn't want to get known for writing bug-ridden
> or sloppy code.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:20:27 -0500, Frank Bax <fbax at sympatico.ca> 
wrote:
> > At 11:16 PM 12/15/04, Frank Bax wrote:
> > >http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,66022,00.html
> > >
> > >Linux advocates have long insisted that open-source development 
results in
> > >better and more secure software. Now they have statistics to back 
up their
> > >claims.
> > 
> > The author appears to claim that when 985 bugs have been corrected 
in the
> > Linux 2.6 kernel, it will be bug-free!
> > 
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> James W. Thompson, II (New Orleans, LA)
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