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Linux Has Fewer Bugs Than Rivals

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the preaching-to-the-converted dept.

sushant_bhatia_progr writes "Wired has an article stating that 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. The report, set to be released on Tuesday, states that the 2.6 Linux production kernel, shipped with software from Red Hat, Novell and other major Linux software vendors, contains 985 bugs in 5.7 million lines of code, well below the industry average for commercial enterprise software. Windows XP, by comparison, contains about 40 million lines of code, with new bugs found on a frequent basis. Commercial software typically has 20 to 30 bugs for every 1,000 lines of code, according to Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab Sustainable Computing Consortium. This would be equivalent to 114,000 to 171,000 bugs in 5.7 million lines of code."

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  1. Faith based kernel programming by GillBates0 · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    985 bugs in 5.7 million lines of code, well below the industry average for commercial enterprise software.

    It is clear that each line of Linux kernel code has 0.0001728th part of a bug. Obviously, Linux programers are evil...they cruelly chop up bugs (and would think nothing of doing the same to cute little puppies) into little, almost unrecognizable chunks and put them in each line of code.

    Microsoft is clearly much more compassionate and Pro-Life (TM)...they're willing to forego a little software quality if it means saving a A Bug's Life (TM).

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  2. Re:Is anyone else bothered by this? by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    Anyone wonder why it takes 40 million lines of code to do what 5.7 million do?

    That's the real question.

    And no, that doesn't include "all of Microsoft's applications."

    What "included applications" were you referring to? Notepad? Gimme a break...

    Linux is written by programmers who obviously love programming, since they work on it in their spare time outside their normal programming jobs.

    Windows is written by 24-year-old recent college CS graduates who have no fucking clue how to do anything - managed by "product managers" who have even less clue - managed by corporate execs who are KNOWN ASSHOLES!

    What part of this picture isn't FUCKING OBVIOUS?!

    Mod me troll, mod this flamebait! Is that all you got, huh? Are you nuts? Come at me!

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