Insecurity in Open Source
Und dann sag nochmals wer "viele Augen machen alle Fehler wett":
What open-source developers can learn about security and quality from—gasp—makers of proprietary software
Debates over what methods result in the best software often pit those who favor an open-source approach against proponents of proprietary, or closed-source, development. Conventional wisdom holds that open-source software should have fewer security flaws than proprietary software. With more eyes able to look at the underlying source code, bugs should be found and squashed much faster.
But when software security and quality really matter—like crossing the Atlantic on a jet airliner—trust me, you want to fly proprietary.
Of the more than 150 open-source and proprietary software applications that we have analyzed in this study, closed-source software code grabbed 11 of the top 15 spots for the highest quality and security.
https://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2006/tc20061006_394140.htm
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