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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Subject: Re: Open-Source and programming style
Date: 1998/11/14
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In article <01be0ff2$6dd17b60$96a55c8b@aptiva>,
"Jerry van Dijk" <jvandyk@ibm.net> writes:
> Tom Moran <tmoran@bix.com> schreef in artikel
> <364d0243.39960214@SantaClara01.news.InterNex.Net>...

>> One advantage cited for Open Source Software is that it can be
>> debugged in parallel by many people.  That would seem to fit the style
>> of 'code anything, then debug until it works' better than the 'design
>> it so it works in the first place' style, which seems less amenable to
>> parallelism.  Comments? 

> Ever seen a design, much less a requirements document for
> Open Source Software ?

Yes. Lots of them actually.

-Andi