Jeremy Epstein wrote:
I agree with much of what he says about the potential for infiltration of
bad stuff into Linux, but he's comparing apples and oranges. He's comparing
a large, complex open source product to a small, simple closed source
product. I claim that if you ignore the open/closed
Hi all,
I just saw a Slashdot story
(http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/30/1421223mode=threadtid=126tid=156tid=185)
announcing an MIT study on software development processes used around the
world. The report itself can be found at
A couple key phrases come to mind when reading this:
1) conflict of interest (he's selling a solution)
2) inappropriate comparison (embedded OS vs. general OS)
I have no problems with someone pointing out flaws in XYZ product when compared to ABC
product, provided:
a) they're an independent,
