Author: deryck Date: 2006-04-05 14:40:00 +0000 (Wed, 05 Apr 2006) New Revision: 951
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-web&rev=951 Log: Add link to ZDNet article on our quick response to Coverity. deryck Added: trunk/news/developers/zdnet_quick_response.html Changeset: Added: trunk/news/developers/zdnet_quick_response.html =================================================================== --- trunk/news/developers/zdnet_quick_response.html 2006-04-03 23:45:56 UTC (rev 950) +++ trunk/news/developers/zdnet_quick_response.html 2006-04-05 14:40:00 UTC (rev 951) @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ + <h3><a name="zdnet_quick_response">ZDNet on Samba's Quick Response</a></h3> + + <div class="article"> + <p>ZDNet is reporting that + <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39261434,00.htm";>open + source coders' speed astounds Coverity</a>. This is in reaction to + the speed with which potential bugs reported by Coverity have been + cleaned up.</p> + + <blockquote> + "My impression is that the open source community is producing software + defect patches at an extremely fast rate," Ben Chelf, the chief technology + officer at Coverity, said in the statement. + </blockquote> + + <p>Samba is mentioned specifically, too.</p> + + <blockquote>Samba, a popular open source project used to connect Linux + and Microsoft Windows networks, showed the fastest developer response, + Coverity said. The number of flaws was reduced from 216 to 18 in one week + and to zero in two weeks.</blockquote> + </div> + +
