Truly open source means longer code delays?

logic1

Well people are all for open source but it has been commented that it makes for buggier and altogether poorer code??

Decide for yourselves.

.logic.

Hobbes

Actually most of the comments seem to suggest the reverse.

logic1

Ahh yes... that's my point. Guess you missed that.

.logic.

ButcherOfNog

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by logic1:
Well people are all for open source but it has been commented that it makes for buggier and altogether poorer code??

Decide for yourselves.

.logic.</font>

i wouldn't say it was buggier or poorer code, probably the opposite, if it ever gets shipped ... its a great idea for coders looking for a hobby, but in the real world where you have deadlines and targets, forget it.

Typedef

hmm mozilla has nightly builds does it not ? Ergo it is bound to have loads of bugs right? Also as we have no idea what M$ code looks like how do we know how buggy it is (apart from bitter experience that is?)

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"movw %w1, %%ax\n"
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"movw %%ax, %w0\n"
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Why not try Slackware

Hobbes

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ButcherOfNog:
i wouldn't say it was buggier or poorer code, probably the opposite, if it ever gets shipped ... its a great idea for coders looking for a hobby, but in the real world where you have deadlines and targets, forget it.</font>

Well actually taking an open source project in work as an example. They tend to build every day, which may or may not work. They then have community milestones (where the OS community say "lets have a milestone!") and they keep to that as well. Lastly they have quarterly releases which are used in commercial products.

They seem to release more often and on schedule then commercial software does.

The only real problem with OS is that you have to have a program to begin with. I'm not aware of any OS project that has started with nothing there (someone correct )

Trojan

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Hobbes:

The only real problem with OS is that you have to have a program to begin with. I'm not aware of any OS project that has started with nothing there (someone correct )</font>

Err, maybe a look on www.sourceforge.net would sort that out.... I'm pretty sure there's tonnes on there, but too lazy to look

Al.