Re: Speeding teen kills self and friend - Described as an " incredibly outgoing, beautiful person"

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:03:38 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
<scottenaztlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 1 Jan 2006 21:46:16 +0100, The Real Bev <bashley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>>Lots/most of *n*x software is open source. That means that real
>>programmers can look at the code when something burps and either fix it
>>themselves or ask the writer to fix it. The next step is public derision
>>of the inept writer, and I'm willing to bet that that's the unkindest cut
>>of all.
>
>Having looked at quite a bit of Open Source source code, it's pretty
>obvious that public derision is not a major deterrent. There is a lot
>of really nasty-looking, poorly-written, difficult-to-maintain code
>out there - stuff that, had I written it, I would be embarrassed to
>release to the public.

Oh but it is SO SUPERIOR to commercial code.

Linux has just as many issues as Windows. The main difference is in
user base, which makes it less likely someone is going to attack it.
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