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Reliability Issues in Open Source Software

by R. K. Pandey, Vinay Tiwari
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 34 - Number 1
Year of Publication: 2011
Authors: R. K. Pandey, Vinay Tiwari
10.5120/4065-5849

R. K. Pandey, Vinay Tiwari . Reliability Issues in Open Source Software. International Journal of Computer Applications. 34, 1 ( November 2011), 34-38. DOI=10.5120/4065-5849

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title = { Reliability Issues in Open Source Software },
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month = { November },
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pages = { 34-38 },
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Abstract

Open Source software in recent years has received great attention amongst software users. The success of the Linux Operating system, Apache web server, Mozilla web browser etc. demonstrates open source software development (OSS) as an alternative form of software development. Despite the phenomenal success of open source software the reliability of OSS is often questioned. The opponents of open source software claim that open source software is unreliable as the source code of OSS is available and the potential threats can easily be incorporated. Whereas the supporters claim OSS to be more reliable than proprietary software as the source code is open and freely available for scrutiny for all. This paper analyzes the reliability issues of open source software in contrast to the proprietary software. Various views of researchers on the reliability of OSS are studied and analyzed and a theoretical study is made to examine the reliability of OSS. Results of various surveys on reliability conducted by various researchers/agencies are also incorporated in support of reliability analysis of OSS.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Open Source Software (OSS) Software reliability Quality Proprietary software

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