[LINK] OSS means slower patches

[Howard Lowndes]

Deus Ex Machina wrote:
> whatever happened to open source being the perfect way of life?

I don't think anyone suggested that FOSS was perfect, but any comparison 
with M$ makes it look damned good.

> 
> and many eye make all bugs shallow???

the author makes many statements that he cannot prove or demonstrate.

> 
> how can all these bugs creep past so many eyes?

...and many of his references are to very old code that should no longer 
be in use.

> 
> http://www.softpanorama.org/OSS/Bla_faq/script_kiddies_and_oss.shtml

I would still put far more faith in FOSS than in M$.  I have just had to 
jump through the licencing hoops for an M$ server product, and it ain't 
pretty.

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Howard.
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