ServerWatch: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Linus' Law in Effect
Dec 18, 2004, 05:00 (7 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Michael Hall)
"'Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow,' goes the open
source verity popularly known as 'Linus' Law.'
"The thrust of Linus' Law is less about security than it is the
general process of assuring quality in software, but it certainly
resonates with a general current of thought among open source
advocates, which is that having source code available for review
and audit helps ensure potentially dangerous bugs are more easily
neutralized..."
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