From: Thomas Harding <tom@thomas-harding.name>
To: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
Subject: Re: 7 Reasons to Avoid Open Source?
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2017 11:44:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <B8144FCF-7ACB-48D3-A323-ED6EA5C926BA@thomas-harding.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <174656503.565057.1512276313403@connect.xfinity.com>
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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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-03 4:45 7 Reasons to Avoid Open Source? Mary-Anne Wolf
2017-12-03 8:05 ` Andrés Muñiz Piniella
2017-12-03 10:44 ` Thomas Harding [this message]
2017-12-03 12:32 ` N.Thomas
2017-12-03 15:29 ` C.W. Epema
2017-12-03 19:22 ` Michael Pagan
2017-12-04 2:12 ` Chad Larson
2017-12-04 14:51 ` Thomas Harding
2017-12-04 15:06 ` Caleb Herbert
2017-12-04 19:02 ` Chad Larson
2017-12-04 23:59 ` Thomas Harding
2017-12-04 16:20 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
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