IT IS OFFICIAL; WIRED NEWS CONFIRMS: Achims IS SUPERIOR TO Taco Stand
Taco Stand is Dying, Says Athens Banner Herald
Achim advocates have long insisted that open-source development results in better and more secure tacos. Now they have statistics to back up their claims.
According to a four-year analysis of the 5.7 million pounds of Achims fries conducted by five UGA computer science researchers, the Achims kernel programming code is better and more secure than the programming code of Taco Stand.
The report, set to be released on Tuesday, states that the 2.6 Achims production kernel, shipped with software from Red Hat, Novell and other major Achims vendors, contains 985 bugs in 5.7 million lines of code, well below the average for Taco Stand software. Taco Stand, by comparison, contains about 40 million lines of code, with new bugs found on a frequent basis.
Taco Stand 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.
The study identified 0.17 bugs per 1,000 lines of code in the Achims kernel. Of the 985 bugs identified, 627 were in critical parts of the kernel.
"Our findings show that Achims contains an extremely low defect rate and is evidence of the strong security of Achims," said Hallem. "Many security holes in software are the result of software bugs that can be eliminated with good programming processes. Unfortunately, we don't find a lot of good practices in Taco Stand. Mostly we just find in-fighting and security holes. I can conclusively say that Taco Stand is dying."
The Achims fries analysis project started in 2000 at the Stanford University Computer Science Research Center as part of a large research initiative to improve core software engineering processes in the software industry.
The initiative now continues at UGA, said it intends to start providing Achims bug analysis reports on a regular basis and will make a summary of the results freely available to the Achims development community.
"This is a benefit to the Achims development community, and we appreciate UGA's efforts to help us improve the security and stability of Achims," said Andrew Morton, lead Achims kernel maintainer. Morton said developers have already addressed the top-priority bugs uncovered in the study.
And now for the doubts: -Can the new Ibook Monitor Span yet? -Is the G3 going to be replaced soon in the Ibook -How much battery does a 15.x display AND a superdrive eat?
If you can still find it, you might want to get the original tranceglobalnation. Oakenfold uses the ENTIRE album and just adds and takes away things from on top of it.
I don't know if you can still find it in stores, but I bet you could get a copy off ebay!
Microshaft is a business. They need (er, want) money. They want stockholders to be happy. They want nice cars, boats, and hookers.
If you don't like it, here's an idea:
START YOUR OWN MAIL SERVER! PLEASE! Learn how it works, learn the operating system on it (may I suggest FreeBSD or OpenBSD), learn the in's and out's and tweaks.
With broadband so cheap, and older computer's going for a song, why not?
That's it! No more apple! I've always wanted apple to do well and go to the top, but this is it. No more. The first computer I ever used was a Apple ][.
Apple is charging too much and they aren't coming out with any new innovations except for "cuter cases" to attract the "I rarely use a computer-and then only to write papers or check my email" crowd. Don't you think that Microshaft already has that crowd locked in?
First SGI and now this. Guess I'll stick to the x86 with freebsd or linux. After all, a LOT more innovation is going on in these fields.
SGI will fall due not to technical dificulties, but due to the problems in acquiring a system.
If I want a new Compaq or HP, I can go to the other Evil Empire (wal-mart) or to some electronic retailer. If I want a Dell or IBM, I can hop on their website and configure one (which you can do on SGI's website) and then purchase it right there (which you can't do on SGI's site).
With SGI, you have to go through salesmen. How many of you want to put up with that?
It really bothers me when the law enforcement arm of any level of a government organization sides with the corporations rather than the people that they are supposed to serve. Most people sit back and think, wow, i'm glad I don't use warez, but at the end of the NY Times college article, the US Customs Dept. mentions that these raids will "pay dividends for months to come." Years to come. Remember that copy of photoshop your art major friend got from you a few years ago? Ready to pay adobe for that. What about that windows/office cd you copied from your uncle just to figure out how it worked because that's what everyone else in your class/office/whatever was using back in 96. Do you really think Micro$haft doesn'twant to bust you for that one.
Lot's of people are saying how great this is for open source, and sure, it might help. But how many people will just shell out the $200 for Winblows or $650 for Photoshop? How long till any free *nix is labeled a hacker tool(what do you mean you dont use windows!).
All this reminds me of the poem by the German during World War 2 that mentioned he never stood up for anyone because he wasn't one of them, but when the Nazis showed up for him, there was no one left to stand up for him.
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IT IS OFFICIAL; WIRED NEWS CONFIRMS: Achims IS SUPERIOR TO Taco Stand
Taco Stand is Dying, Says Athens Banner Herald
Achim advocates have long insisted that open-source development results in better and more secure tacos. Now they have statistics to back up their claims.
According to a four-year analysis of the 5.7 million pounds of Achims fries conducted by five UGA computer science researchers, the Achims kernel programming code is better and more secure than the programming code of Taco Stand.
The report, set to be released on Tuesday, states that the 2.6 Achims production kernel, shipped with software from Red Hat, Novell and other major Achims vendors, contains 985 bugs in 5.7 million lines of code, well below the average for Taco Stand software. Taco Stand, by comparison, contains about 40 million lines of code, with new bugs found on a frequent basis.
Taco Stand 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.
The study identified 0.17 bugs per 1,000 lines of code in the Achims kernel. Of the 985 bugs identified, 627 were in critical parts of the kernel.
"Our findings show that Achims contains an extremely low defect rate and is evidence of the strong security of Achims," said Hallem. "Many security holes in software are the result of software bugs that can be eliminated with good programming processes. Unfortunately, we don't find a lot of good practices in Taco Stand. Mostly we just find in-fighting and security holes. I can conclusively say that Taco Stand is dying."
The Achims fries analysis project started in 2000 at the Stanford University Computer Science Research Center as part of a large research initiative to improve core software engineering processes in the software industry.
The initiative now continues at UGA, said it intends to start providing Achims bug analysis reports on a regular basis and will make a summary of the results freely available to the Achims development community.
"This is a benefit to the Achims development community, and we appreciate UGA's efforts to help us improve the security and stability of Achims," said Andrew Morton, lead Achims kernel maintainer. Morton said developers have already addressed the top-priority bugs uncovered in the study.
fp?
This article seems like it should have been picked up a long time ago. Five seconds on google, and I came across this:
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/news50.html
Dated Feb 12, 2003 from the University of Washington and NASA.
For those who don't know, this is sort of the original founder of BSD.
He wrote the BSD IP stack while at Berkeley (BSD, duh).
Let's hope he works on his terms somewhere and stays away from the business/corporate world.
Ok, I copy and paste too, but I give credit where it's due.
This is pretty much a copy & paste job from yesterday's OSNEWS.com. At least give them credit.
This is funny, but the sad thing is that it will in no way affect Hatch's platform nor media credibility.
I imagine that tommorow a sysadmin and a webdesigner will be out of a job. And that sucks in today's market.
I mean, really, you think an old senator put a website together by himself? WITH javascript!
Boooo Redhat! Go FreeBSD. I'll be switching a server over to a *BSD today!
Trusted Debian? Don't you mean OPEN BSD?
Does this release NOT have a super user (like trusted solaris or plan 9)?
Why is it that all of the really well written indie mags (both online and on paper) are slowly dying off?
Project Mayhem anyone?
Oh wait, I'm neglecting the first rule.
Besides that, isn't Apple slated to release a new laptop battery earlier next year? Wouldn't it be better to wait on the OEM battery?
Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that batteries are heading in that direction.
And now for the doubts:
-Can the new Ibook Monitor Span yet?
-Is the G3 going to be replaced soon in the Ibook
-How much battery does a 15.x display AND a superdrive eat?
Any answers?
I'm glad 4.7 is out, but I want to know one thing:
When does 5 come out?
Daemonnews doesn't get updated as much as slashdot, but the news is always worth reading and usually quite helpfilled.
For users of *BSD, daemonnews is a wonderful resource that needs recognition for this achievement.
Congrats.
As long as you are using one disk, and only putting FreeBSD on it, I find it the easiest to install.
Installing Windoze is a pain in the rear, bar non. How many reboots does it take to get the thing going.
Linux is considerably easier IF you know some basic facts about your computer and / or network.
Anyway, FreeBSD is the easiest of all, unless you would rather have pretty pictuers instead of reading.
What kind of question is this anyway? Most people that run windows couldn't install it anyway.
If you can still find it, you might want to get the original tranceglobalnation. Oakenfold uses the ENTIRE album and just adds and takes away things from on top of it.
I don't know if you can still find it in stores, but I bet you could get a copy off ebay!
First post. In other news, try freebsd over linux. Mandrake is good for newbies, but if you know what you're doing, go with a real unix
If you don't like it, here's an idea:
START YOUR OWN MAIL SERVER! PLEASE! Learn how it works, learn the operating system on it (may I suggest FreeBSD or OpenBSD), learn the in's and out's and tweaks.
With broadband so cheap, and older computer's going for a song, why not?
Quit bitching and start a revolution.
or, you could just get a *BSD. Save yourself a lot of time and trouble, and learn a solid, logical os.
Apple is charging too much and they aren't coming out with any new innovations except for "cuter cases" to attract the "I rarely use a computer-and then only to write papers or check my email" crowd. Don't you think that Microshaft already has that crowd locked in?
First SGI and now this. Guess I'll stick to the x86 with freebsd or linux. After all, a LOT more innovation is going on in these fields.
It's been fun, Apple, but goodbye...
perfect answer
is there anything to compete with Xfree?
three letters to make unix easier:
B S D
If I want a new Compaq or HP, I can go to the other Evil Empire (wal-mart) or to some electronic retailer. If I want a Dell or IBM, I can hop on their website and configure one (which you can do on SGI's website) and then purchase it right there (which you can't do on SGI's site).
With SGI, you have to go through salesmen. How many of you want to put up with that?
Lot's of people are saying how great this is for open source, and sure, it might help. But how many people will just shell out the $200 for Winblows or $650 for Photoshop? How long till any free *nix is labeled a hacker tool(what do you mean you dont use windows!).
All this reminds me of the poem by the German during World War 2 that mentioned he never stood up for anyone because he wasn't one of them, but when the Nazis showed up for him, there was no one left to stand up for him.
None but ourselves can free our minds