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QA Under The Open Source Development Model

Posted by timothy on from the sound-the-pdf-klaxon dept.

carrowood writes "A survey was conducted questioning open source developers from both large and small projects concerning their quality assurance practices. A research paper based on the survey result was just published in the Journal of Systems and Software. Some comparisions between QA practices of open vs closed source projects are made with some interesting observations. While on the whole it looks like open source QA can be as good as that in traditional software development, there were a few areas pointed out where the open source community does not do so well, such as regression testing and setting release dates. A thought provoking read."

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  1. w00t! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first developers

  2. Neil Peart is the Greatest Drummer Alive! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:Neil Peart is the Greatest Drummer Alive! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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      Also, if you like Peart, you'll most likely appreciate Adam Carey of Tool; and just Tool in general.
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    2. Re:Neil Peart is the Greatest Drummer Alive! by I_Heat_Sexylaid · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      -1 Offtopic, yet still Sutff that Matters
      (because, now and then, you gotta say "Yea, verily, my dogma pisseth on the fsckin' karma".)
      Yeah, Neil at least owns rock. Possibly there are some jazz daddys about who could make Neil sweat.
      For overall artistic capacity, though, he's ahead of the competition. His lyrics mean more than the usual sex, rock, sex, cars, sex, drugs, and sex that cheapen heterosexual love and render the competition so banal.
      Vapor Trails is a full-on desert island disc, and all your base are belong to Rush's back catalogue. I hope that the DVD due out this Fall has copious footage of Niel on the title track; that rythm sounds as if it would have bonus value as an aerobic workout video.
      Oh, yeah: and how about a wee disc with the four parts of "Fear" played sequentially?
      Neil is as good with the pen as the sticks. The Masked Rider is an excellent travelogue, regardless of whether you read such frequently.
      In summary, God bless Peart. Everyone else can go to the 'computerized clinic for superior cynics, who dance to a synthetic band' if they are too intellectually dishonest to say he's all that.
      Furthermore, I think Rush forms the basis for the Dream Band. I'd add Joe Satriani on lead guitar (I shudder to think what he and Lifeson might concoct) and I have no idea who for a lead singer...how about the two chicks from ABBA? Lemmy? Ah, I know, Geoff Tate of Queensryche.
      Tool is pretty groovy, though relatively primative compared with the Toronto Power Trio.

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  4. OT: The withdrawl of going from Mozilla to IE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My office has just locked down on a "standard" computer system. And, of course, software monitors and updates (you, know, so you don't get viruses [insert gun into mouth]).

    Do you have any idea how hard it is to use IE after getting used to Mozilla? I keep trying to open new links by Control-clicking.

  5. We all love studies like these by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Because it's like intellectual masturbation for us.

  6. The guy from Rush is the best drummer now shut up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The drummer guy from the band Rush is the best drummer now shut your bummy crummy no talent riaa band worshiping penix slurper.