9 Oct
2006
9 Oct
'06
3:01 p.m.
On 10/8/06, Philip Tellis philip.tellis@gmx.net wrote:
Apples and oranges. It's important to compare like objects. One cannot hold a word processing application to the same stringent quality levels as an application responsible for people's lives. The quality of code in the latter case has nothing to do with it being open or closed. It has to do with the developer's committment to provide bug free code, and the stakeholder's committment to put resources into ensuring the same.
Completely agree. Still there are software bugs that fry people like Therac-25. [1].
-- Vinayak
[1] http://infotech.fanshawec.ca/gsantor/Computing/FamousBugs.htm