Linus's Law [SEP] named after
Linus's Law
Linus's Law is a claim about software development, named in honor of Linus Torvalds and formulated by Eric S. Raymond in his essay and book "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" (1999). The law states that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"; or more formally: "Given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix obvious to someone." Presenting the code to multiple developers with the purpose of
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- Conway's law
- Godwin's law (Prediction of internet debating patterns)
- Hick's law
- Linus's Law (software development)
- Metcalfe's law
- Moore's law (hardware development)
- Reed's law
Economic laws.
- Laws of supply and demand
- Gresham's law
- Say's law
- Law of diminishing marginal utility
- Ricardo's Law
- Okun's law
Linguistic laws.
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