Software EngineeringRobert L. Glass
Software Engineering
by Robert L. Glass · first published 2002
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…have repeatedly shown the effectiveness of various types of reviewing process in finding bugs and security issues, and also that reviews may be more efficient than testing. In Facts and Fallacies about Software Engineering, Robert Glass refers to the law as a "mantra" of the open source movement, but calls it a fallacy due to the lack of supporting evidence and because research has indicated that the rate at which additional…
on “ Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping” ↗…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus%27s_Law Linus's Law is a claim about software development, named in honor of Linus Torvalds and formulated by Eric S. Raymond in his essay and book [redacted]. [...] Validity In Facts and Fallacies about Software Engineering, Robert Glass refers to the law as a "mantra" of the open source movement, but calls it a fallacy due to the lack of supporting evidence and because research has indicated that the rate at which additional…
on “Ken Thompson quotes” ↗…who never even made that claim, which is ironic because it actually dishonors Linus by being an invalid fallacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus%27s_law >Validity >In Facts and Fallacies about Software Engineering, Robert Glass refers to the law as a "mantra" of the open source movement, but calls it a fallacy due to the lack of supporting evidence and because research has indicated that the rate at which additional…
on “The right thing for the wrong reasons: FLOSS doesn't imply security” ↗No wonder I had a hard time finding that Glass book in Google, it's Robert Glass, not Phillip. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Facts-Fallacies-Software-Engineering...
on “On technical debt, complexity and opportunity cost” ↗…profits from his books or VA Linux stocks to Theo De Raadt or anyone else who actually takes the long time and tedious effort to actually audit code. Wikipedia points out: >In Facts and Fallacies about Software Engineering, Robert Glass refers to the law as a "mantra" of the open source movement, but calls it a fallacy due to the lack of supporting evidence and because research has indicated that the rate at which additional…
on “Ask HN: What source code is worth studying? ” ↗…shallow". >The law was formulated by Eric S. Raymond in his essay and book The Cathedral and the Bazaar (1999), and was named in honor of Linus Torvalds. [...] >Validity >In Facts and Fallacies about Software Engineering, Robert Glass refers to the law as a "mantra" of the open source movement, but calls it a fallacy due to the lack of supporting evidence and because research has indicated that the rate at which additional…
on “Mathematicians should stop naming things after each other” ↗…statement of belief, not the conclusion of a scientific study, a rationalization of the fact that peer review in FOSS has always been easier than software testing. Moreover, in Facts and Fallacies about Software Engineering, Robert L. Glass claims that no correlation exists between the number of bugs reported and the number of reviewers. >Yet despite the claim’s weaknesses, it remains one of FOSS’s major assertions of superiority.…
on “The right thing for the wrong reasons: FLOSS doesn't imply security” ↗…apparently attached to a lot of hands that type lots of words about many eyes, and never actually audit code." -Theo De Raadt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus%27s_Law >In Facts and Fallacies about Software Engineering, Robert Glass refers to the law as a "mantra" of the open source movement, but calls it a fallacy due to the lack of supporting evidence and because research has indicated that the rate at which additional…
on “Contributor Agreements Considered Harmful” ↗…apparently attached to a lot of hands that type lots of words about many eyes, and never actually audit code." -Theo De Raadt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus%27s_Law >In Facts and Fallacies about Software Engineering, Robert Glass refers to the law as a "mantra" of the open source movement, but calls it a fallacy due to the lack of supporting evidence and because research has indicated that the rate at which additional…
on “OpenSSH Backdoors” ↗…many eyes are apparently attached to a lot of hands that type lots of words about many eyes, and never actually audit code." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus%27s_law >In Facts and Fallacies about Software Engineering, Robert Glass refers to the law as a "mantra" of the open source movement, but calls it a fallacy due to the lack of supporting evidence and because research has indicated that the rate at which additional…
on “Building a New Flash” ↗