Apparently the "Many Eyes" Need Glasses | Linux Today

Apparently the “Many Eyes” Need Glasses

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 11, 2007

“If you think that the patent trolling comments are the only
thrust of Microsoft’s relentless attacks on Linux and open source,
I am sad to inform you that this is not the case. The company has
many ways to disseminate the FUD, and it’s not coming from just the
top.

“Take this article on Microsoft TechNet I found this morning. In
it, Senior Product Manager Pat Edmonds writes a lengthy piece about
how the ‘Many Eyes Makes Bugs Shallow’ mantra of open source
development is just plain wrong…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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