[SGVLUG] bug density study of open source code bases

[Sean O'Donnell]

I love how the mainstream tech news (err, fud) sites are headlining this
as some sort of LAMP analysis (victory/success), when the study itself
doesn't even mention MySQL anywhere.

http://scan.coverity.com/ 

PHP is also rated pretty low compared to PERL or Python, but if you're a
LAMP buzzword enthusiast, then I guess you can apply the "P" to python
or perl.

The Linux 2.6 kernel was the 2nd most-defective of the analysis,
although it doesn't compare it to the 2.4 kernel. =/

Hurray for XMMS, the least defective (and least productive) of the
applications analyzed.

Thanks,

Sean O'Donnell
Programmer Analyst (PHP)
Children's Oncology Group (COG) 
CureSearch Technology Group (CTG)

440 E. Huntinton Dr. 2nd Floor
Arcadia, CA 91066

[office] (626) 241-1752
[email] sodonnell at cogmembers.org

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-----Original Message-----
From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On
Behalf Of matti
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 5:18 PM
To: sgvlug at sgvlug.org
Subject: [SGVLUG] bug density study of open source code bases


fyi -

very interesting stuff here...

talk about the bug density in
various open source code bases...

http://news.com.com/LAMP+lights+the+way+in+open-source+security/2100-100
2_3-6046475.html

I plan to look at the pdf study
closer as I have time.

hopefully the results of this study
will be better and more secure Open
source code. (especially X)

best
matti


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