Linux 'better than proprietary software'

A four-year research project has found 985 bugs in the latest Linux kernel - less than 20 percent of the figure that would be expected for proprietary software...

The conclusion is the result of a four-year research project conducted by code-analysis company Coverity, which plans to release its report on Tuesday. The project found 985 bugs in the 5.7 million lines of code that make up the latest version of the Linux core operating system, or kernel. A typical commercial program of similar size usually has more than 5,000 flaws or defects, according to data from Carnegie Mellon University.

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