CNET Says a consulting group that scrutinizes the source code underlying several operating systems has found that a key networking component of Linux is of higher quality in several ways than that of competing closed-source software.
I’d love to see this repeated in other areas.
“Open-source applications…allow anyone to look at the source code. For major open-source applications, such as the Linux kernel, the Apache Web server, etc., dozens or hundreds of people will read the source code either to learn how it works, make modifications or look for mistakes,” Trappe said. “Because the development process is also open, these independent reviewers can report the defects they find and even suggest appropriate fixes.”
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