<OT> Linux IS cleaner written code

[Terence McCarthy]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:54:46 -0500
Harry Giles <hg57 at comcast.net> wrote:

> "Linux advocates have long insisted that open-source development results 
> in better and more secure software. Now they have statistics to back up 
> their claims. According to a four-year analysis of the 5.7 million lines 
> of Linux source code conducted by five Stanford University computer 
> science researchers, the Linux kernel programming code is better and 
> more secure than the programming code of most proprietary software." 
> http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,66022,00.html   
> 

Brilliant- just what I need to support me at work when arguing!

Thanks, Harry (and, of course, the uncounted geeks who made, and make, it possible!)

Terence