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Open Source Studies

Posted by michael on from the hitting-the-books dept.

e8johan writes "Avaya Labs Research has presented a paper studying the open source process in the cases of Apache and Mozilla. They reach a number of interesting conclusions, the ones I find most interesting are: * Open source projects tend to have a core team of 10-15 coders, producing almost all code. The next layer is a set of developers submitting new features and bugfixes. The next layer is a set of advanced users submitting bug reports. * Open source projects tend to have a lower bug-rate than commercial projects. * Open source projects are generally quicker to respond to user requests. The article also discusses the differences between projects that have always been open source (such as Apache) and projects having a proprietary history (such as Mozilla)."

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  1. Eff Pee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Again?

  2. fp! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. oh oh, do me baby by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    do the hupmty hump
    watch me do the humpty hump

  4. Worst episode? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Longest Article Ever.

  5. In related news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...the sky is blue, Bush is an idiot, and Mozilla is sluggish.

  6. The perfect program by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    main()
    {
    return 0;
    }

    It used to be this:

    main()
    {
    return !!0;
    }

    but through code review we thought 0 was cleaner.

    the only problem is when I check it into CVS I get the following error:

    CVS: error: program is TOO DAMN PERFECT

    Any workarounds?

  7. Re:Mirror by krenshala · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thanks! The link at the top was /.'d before 20 posts were made!

    --

    krenshala

  8. m105 = same price, more functionality? by lethargic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Zire is the same price as the m105 (atleast in Canada, at FutureShop and RadioShack). According to Palm's Comparison Chart, the main differences are memory, display and software support.

    The Zire seems to just be strictly for an address book, to-do list, etc. It also does not appear to have e-mail capabilities.

    The Zire supports PalmOS 4.0, while the m105 only supports up to PalmOS 3.5. Anyone know what the major differences between these two version?

    I just bought an m125 on sale at RadioShack for $219CAD+tax ($250CAD total). The differences between the m105 and the m125 are plug-in expansion cards, snap-on peripherals and PalmOS 4.0 support.

    Personally, I have always thought Palms were useless, but it's another toy :)