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Erm...
How would you use this study? What would you be ranking Linux against? Other OSS?

Also, you do know this study was research into error/bug rates for OSS code? At best it reflects the quality of the particular OSS community that maintains a particular product.

Out of interest, do you have any supportable data on the bug rate of say Microsoft products?
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Guess Uncle Bitty's gotta go back to the drawing table  5th Limb in the Kisser | 03/06/06
Less than 1 bug per 1,000 lines...  Tony Agudo | 03/06/06
Unfortunately that will never happen  Linux User 147560 | 03/06/06
closed source  xuniL_z | 03/06/06
Confused?  Richard Flude | 03/06/06
article to get excited about?  xuniL_z | 03/07/06
And yet...  zkiwi | 03/06/06
oh come on....  xuniL_z | 03/07/06
wtf?  linuxoverwindows | 03/07/06
htf  xuniL_z | 03/07/06
One surprise  richdave | 03/06/06
BSD smokes it in performance (real-world), though!  Hugh Jass | 03/06/06
Give me a break!  xuniL_z | 03/06/06
Ok then...  zkiwi | 03/06/06
60% five years ago  thunderdome1 | 03/07/06
I guess therefore that...  zkiwi | 03/07/06
true  xuniL_z | 03/07/06
Break given  Richard Flude | 03/06/06
LAMP lights the way in open-source security  Loverock Davidson | 03/06/06
Erm...  zkiwi | 03/06/06
The closest comparison that can be made is...  Hugh Jass | 03/06/06
Does this mean...  zkiwi | 03/06/06
The comparison is against 'typical' commercial code  Hugh Jass | 03/07/06
Still...  zkiwi | 03/07/06
Answers  Loverock Davidson | 03/07/06
At least they mention it  thunderdome1 | 03/07/06
So, you're saying that...  zkiwi | 03/07/06
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I only find it amusing  Monkey_MCSE | 03/07/06
Justwonder why has it been so quiet in this article's replies... all the  michael_t | 03/07/06
we all know  Monkey_MCSE | 03/08/06
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