On 08/10/06 22:16 +0530, Philip Tellis wrote:
Sometime Today, Sujeet Bhatt assembled some asciibets to say:
But when software security and quality really matter?like crossing the Atlantic on a jet airliner?trust me, you want to fly proprietary.
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
One can. One generally doesn't. "This word processor is certified to run on this hardware, running this specific set of programs (including versions) only. It will not support macros, or be user customisable. It also cost you only USD eleventy-billion." is not what most people want from their word processors.
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.
Mostly the stakeholder's commitment to put in time and money, and the ability to have a _very_ limited set of requirements. The average text editor is more complex than the software running the space shuttle.
Devdas Bhagat