At 05:39 PM 4/10/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Yes. How does writing open source software reduce the number of errors that you introduce into code? In my view open source software only increases the number of eyeballs that can spot those errors.
Regards, Dustin >John Hebert > >--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 03:25 PM 4/10/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > >Sounds like a combination of problems. But, when it > > >comes to tracking down problems, I _always_ suspect > > >software, not hardware, first. Software is just > > easier > > >to screw up, especially on a closed source > > operating > > >system. Now, it may be that the hardware in the > > > > Do you think closed software is easier to "screw up" > > or simply more > > difficult to fix? Does writing open source software > > reduce the number of > > errors you introduce into code, or increase the > > number of people able to > > spot the errors? > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > > --- > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > UNIX and Network Consultant > > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear > > PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net > > In the beginning the Universe was created. > > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - > > Douglas Adams > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax >http://taxes.yahoo.com/ >================================================ >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change >your subscription information. >================================================ --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UNIX and Network Consultant http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
