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[News] Free Software Patched 20 Times Faster Than Proprietary Software

  • Subject: [News] Free Software Patched 20 Times Faster Than Proprietary Software
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:40:42 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Is free software the way to go?

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| A recent study conducted by Forrester Research indicates that while an 
| enterprise developer takes an average of 6.9 days to fix a defect, the time 
| taken by an open source developer is less than 8 hours.   
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/LiveITUP/Is_free_software_the_way_to_go/articleshow/2462106.cms


Related:

Beware of undisclosed Microsoft patches

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| Forget for a moment whether Microsoft is throwing off patch counts 
| that Microsoft brass use to compare its security record with those 
| of its competitors. What do you think of Redmond’s silent patching 
| practice?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=527

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