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The "With Many Eyes, All Bugs Are Shallow" Fallacy

The "With Many Eyes, All Bugs Are Shallow" Fallacy

Update: 2025-12-12

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That concept, known as “Linus’s Law”, is not only wrong... it’s wildly wrong. Another fallacy often repeated in Open Source: “Diversity makes better software.”More from The Lunduke Journal:https://lunduke.com/

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The "With Many Eyes, All Bugs Are Shallow" Fallacy

The "With Many Eyes, All Bugs Are Shallow" Fallacy

Bryan Lunduke