On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Rajagopal Swaminathan < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:37 AM, Arun Venkataswamy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > How does the code quality compare between open source and proprietary > > software? > > Open source code - 0.69 defects / 1000 lines code > > Excuse me. IT should be 0%. > It means that open source community is "passable" or IOW is worse > > Is it practically possible to have 0 defects in a project with a million lines of code with contributors from around the world? I thought it is awesome that open source development spread around the world can reach a defect density of 0.69/1000 compared to 0.68/1000 for proprietary software. In fact the article says that Linux is the benchmark for quality at a defect density of 0.59/1000 for 7.6 million lines of code. Regards, Arun Venkataswamy http://wondroussky.blogspot.in/ "கற்றது கைமண் அளவு, கல்லாதது உலகளவு" - ஔவையார் Known is a drop, Unknown is an ocean _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
