> Subject: Re: Processes hanging on 2.0.20; not just on Alphas anymore :(
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 23:33:32 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: "Peter T. Breuer" <ptb@dit.upm.es>
> It is my impression (backed up by a hasty count) that the rate of bug
> detection is not diminishing. There was a brief lull but there has been a lot
> of activity from about 2.0.10 on. Assuming a fixed proportion of
> the existing bugs get discovered in any fixed interval, that would indicate
> that the number of undiscovered bugs is much larger than the number
> discovered so far. I.e. we haven't made a dent.
The other possibility is that every time one bug is fixed, another one
is introduced. The number of bugs for large software projects really does
follow a 'bathtub curve'.
Jim