Open source – no question of quality
I am probably biting off more than I can chew, within a brief blog post here. But, I wanted to capture a couple of points relative to the notion of the quality of open source software (OSS).
It continues to be debated; blog posts on Java.net and InformationWeek are just two examples, so I believe it needs some further analysis.
There are two simple principles which drive the potential for high quality in OSS. The first is the fact that open source software generally builds on the success of upstream projects. Second is the impact testing has on the lifecycle, not to be confused with the "many eyes" concept though it is orthogonal.
There are very few "root-level" open source software projects that do not consume other open source works. The benefit here is that the good ideas, and more importantly, the good implementations rise to the top and stick - validated by use in other projects.
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