"Many eyes" [LWN.net]

"Many eyes"

Posted Oct 11, 2013 1:39 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
In reply to: "Many eyes" by cesarb
Parent article: Two LSS talks

I think it's more referencing the fact that there *are* lots of eyeballs on the code and there are *still* plenty of problems. That he can go in and find problems left and right isn't good even if he is fixing them; there's only so much time in a day.

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"Many eyes"

Posted Oct 11, 2013 9:26 UTC (Fri) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link] (1 responses)

Hey mathstuf, live up to your name and look at the "enough" part of the proposition (shall we call it theorem, conjecture?).

"Many eyes"

Posted Oct 11, 2013 10:03 UTC (Fri) by jezuch (subscriber, #52988) [Link]

> Hey mathstuf, live up to your name and look at the "enough" part of the proposition (shall we call it theorem, conjecture?).

The mathematical "enough" is a very, very abstract thing. "For a sufficiently large N" works for math, but it does not work for the real world.

"Given enough effort we can solve world hunger, ensure world peace and prosperity for all".

So, yeah, that doesn't prove anything, methinks.