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Re:The Cathedral and the Bazaar (1999) by phkahler on Sunday May 14, 2023 @06:31PM (#35941943)
>> Given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base...

That's a qualifier for what follows it. Seems true enough to me. If there are enough developers to notice bugs, they will probably be found and fixed quickly.

Re:The Cathedral and the Bazaar (1999) by emodendroket on Monday May 15, 2023 @12:54AM (#35944020)
The argument here is that the pool of "developers" is essentially unlimited for open-source software. In principle I suppose that's indisputable, but in practice is it true?