Open Source Software Products Often Have Fewer Bugs Than Their

question 81

Multiple Choice

Open source software products often have fewer bugs than their commercial counterparts because of the:

• A) large number of persons who have looked at the code.
• B) stringent quality checks undertaken by the original developers.
• C) emphasis placed on technological superiority of OSS products.
• D) relatively poorer standards of commercially programmed software.
• E) pyramidal programming practice followed by OSS developers.

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