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IXxXI | 3 years ago

Open source is known for having less bugs and vulnerabilities per line of code in comparison to proprietary software. This was one of the main reasons behind mass migrations away from internet explorer to firefox.

Open source is also known for being more innovative. Linux was the 1st out of the box operating system to come equipped standard with a firewall. Forcing microsoft windows to follow the trend.

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phendrenad2|3 years ago

> known for having less bugs and vulnerabilities per line of code in comparison to proprietary software

I don't think this is universally true. People have only tested this in very isolated environments like microkernels and cryptography libraries. Certainly no one is doing this analysis on GIMP vs Photoshop.