On Wednesday 17 Dec 2008 9:46:57 pm Selvakumar Rajeswaran wrote: > >I then make a sustained argument from the Linux experience for the > >proposition that ``Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow'', > > The above proposition can be correct, but why then enough eyeballs gather > at the bug-fixing stage. Instead if they gather right from the solution > inception & design stage probably the bug-fixing stage might not at all > exist !!!
because developing software is not like manufacturing a car. You cannot make a car with only a vague idea of what the finished product is going to be - and if you plan to write software *knowing* what the finished product is going to be, you are only fit to work for microsoft. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
