Re: [libreplanet-discuss] 7 Reasons to Avoid Open Source?

[Thomas Harding]

Le 3 décembre 2017 05:45:12 GMT+01:00, Mary-Anne Wolf <mgwmgw@comcast.net> a 
écrit :
>This
>https://www.designnews.com/content/7-reasons-open-source-software-should-be-avoided/100858102757881
>says, "As much potential as open source software can provide, there are
>several reasons why embedded software developers should avoid it like
>the plague."
>
>
>You would not be surprised that the reasons generally do not impress
>me.  Somebody who can express it better than I do needs to respond. 
>Actually, a first person already has, but maybe more than one person
>should.
>
8 - The software is not mathematically proven.

9 - Software would likely never pass the tests in order to qualify as EAL 7+++, 
which is mandatory for a domestic grade standalone heating radiator thermostat 
(with display *and* clock!). Moreover youl'll had to afford the lab.

>"Help!  Somebody on the internet is wrong!"  :-)


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