On 11/11/2010 02:12 PM, Mateusz Loskot wrote: > On 11/11/10 09:43, Sjur Kolberg wrote: >> I am trying to convince people that open source GIS is a better >> solution than buying proprietary software. Such discussions follow a >> well-known path (is it mature/stable? How about support? All our >> clients use XXXX..., Nice for programmers, but...) etc. Conclusions >> precede arguments, and some hard numbers could be of great help in >> all the religion. > > Hypothesis 0: There is no relation between an open source development of > a project and fast pace of fixing bugs > > Hypothesis 1: There is relation between an open source development of a > project and fast pace of fixing bugs > > Accept the hypothesis 0: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8499859.stm > > Reject the hypothesis 0: > > http://www.osnews.com/story/19731/The-25-Year-Old-UNIX-Bug > > Accept the hypothesis 1: > > http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/3810 > > Reject the hypothesis 1: > > http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/249 > > What is the conclusion? > > Statistics is evil. As long as the methodology is right, > you can proof any bullshit you like, or shoot yourself in your the foot. > So, I'd be careful. > > > Best regards,
Agreed, it might be more important to highlight that the bug database is publicly available. I know with many closed source apps it's hard to know if they've even acknowledged a bug and aren't really forthcoming about if they plan to fix it. I have actually been told, yes that's a bug and no we don't plan to fix it. Thanks, Alex _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss