Open source software just keeps getting better, according to a new report from Coverity, a San Francisco-based maker of source code analysis tools. Specifically, Coverity's Scan Report on Open Source Software 2008, released last month, found a 16 percent reduction in static analysis defect density in the open source software it analyzed over the past two years, reflecting the elimination of more than 8,500 individual defects. The study is part of the Department of Homeland Security's Open Source Code Hardening Project.
June 26th 2008