11354 () posted 155 days ago by jizzforjazz 155 days ago by jizzforjazz +11355 / -1 923 comments share 923 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (923) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 2 ▼ – Kojote 2 points 155 days ago +2 / -0 By open source he means anyone can go over it. A million pairs of eyes looking for "WTF is that?". permalink save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – MAGAVS 1 point 155 days ago +1 / -0 Yes, but my point was that in theory this also means a million pairs of eyes could look at it ahead of time for flaws. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – Kojote 1 point 154 days ago +1 / -0 Yes, that's exactly the point. You have enough people looking at code and finding problems. Works all the time in the open source community. permalink parent save report block reply
By open source he means anyone can go over it. A million pairs of eyes looking for "WTF is that?".
Yes, but my point was that in theory this also means a million pairs of eyes could look at it ahead of time for flaws.
Yes, that's exactly the point. You have enough people looking at code and finding problems. Works all the time in the open source community.