New Findings Shake Up Open-Source Debate ------------------ Oxford University researchers reveal surprising conclusions about closed- and open-source software projects in a new paper that may fan the flames in the divisive debate over how to make better software.
In their study of a "microscopic model of software-bug dynamics" in cathedral, bazaar and closed-source software projects, theoretical physicists Damien Challet and Yann Le Du conclude, for the first time, that "software projects can converge to a bug-free state even with imperfect programmers." The study is stirring excitement in the development community. "The model is a computer-science tour de force," said computational neuroscience professor James L. Olds, who directs the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/printer/22319/ -- Bonne journ�e - Have a good day, Alain +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Dr Alain EMPAIN Bioinformatique, G�n�tique Mol�culaire B43, | Fac. M�d. V�t�rinaire, Univ. de Li�ge, Sart-Tilman / B-4000 Li�ge | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | WORK:+32 4 366 3821 Fax: +32 4 366 4122 GSM:+32 497 701764 | HOME:+32 85 512341 -- Rue des Martyrs,7 B-4550 Nandrin _______________________________________________________ Linux Mailing List - http://www.unixtech.be Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.unixtech.be/mailman/listinfo/linux Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: efnet.unixtech.be:6667 - #unixtech
