Comment by tptacek
2 years ago
If "few people were looking" at OpenSSL, one of the most widely-used pieces of open source software in the entire industry, Eric Raymond's point is refuted.
2 years ago
If "few people were looking" at OpenSSL, one of the most widely-used pieces of open source software in the entire industry, Eric Raymond's point is refuted.
That's just one possibility. There are many ways for a development process to go wrong.
The whole thesis is that the open source userbase forms the army of eyeballs that will surface all bugs --- they're part of the development process. So no, this dodge doesn't work either; it doesn't cohere with what Raymond said.