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I'm not so sure #1 is valid
#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"

Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if the proper resources even exist in the company.
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I'm not so sure #1 is valid  rpmyers1 | 10/26/09
Reinventing the wheel  happyharry_z | 10/26/09
RE: Can open source software stop IT failure?  djmik | 10/26/09
IT failures caused by IT staff.  bjbrock | 10/26/09
IT Personnel not the only people responsible..  daftkey | 10/29/09
IT failure is from over promising...  progon | 10/26/09
RE: Can open source software stop IT failure?  cornercuttin | 10/26/09
RE: Can open source software stop IT failure?  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 10/26/09
An interesting question  mkrigsman@... ZDNet Moderator | 10/26/09
IT Shop needs proper skills for OSS to help  Erik Engbrecht | 10/26/09
Open source often the cause of IT failures  tonymcs@... | 10/26/09
Details?  Richard Flude | 10/26/09
Turned on its head  NetArch. | 10/27/09
..20 years experience, yet you make yourself look stupid right.. here..  daftkey | 10/29/09
OSS is a tool - Use a wrench to pound a nail and that's what you get..  daftkey | 10/29/09
Open source caused nothing but problems for the city of Munich  connor33 | 10/26/09
Dumping political garbage on ZDNet?  Ole Man | 10/26/09
Apparently that's the case  Jay Cash | 10/26/09
Hard to say either way  otaddy | 10/26/09
Can (________ insert choice of software) prevent human failure?  Ole Man | 10/26/09
RE: Can open source software stop IT failure?  NeoGraven | 10/27/09
RE: Can open source software stop IT failure?  Sthornton | 10/29/09
RE: Can open source software stop IT failure?  johnnykessel | 10/31/09

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