<OT> Linux IS cleaner written code

[Jerry McBride]

On Saturday 18 December 2004 04:54 am, Terence McCarthy wrote:
> 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!)
>

Wow, this is pretty impressive stuff. It's a real statement as to how well the 
kernel devs are performing.

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