msgid "Free Software is More Reliable! - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <h2> msgid "Free Software is More Reliable!" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "Apologists for <a " "href=\"/philosophy/categories.html#ProprietarySoftware\">proprietary " "software</a> like to say, “<a href=\"/philosophy/free-sw.html\">free " "software</a> is a nice dream, but we all know that only the proprietary " "system can produce reliable products. A bunch of hackers just can't do " "this.”" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "Empirical evidence disagrees, however; scientific tests, described below, " "have found GNU software to be <em>more</em> reliable than comparable " "proprietary software." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "This should not be a surprise; there are good reasons for the high " "reliability of GNU software, good reasons to expect free software will often " "(though not always) have high reliability." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <h3> msgid "GNU Utilities Safer!" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "Barton P. Miller and his colleagues tested the reliability of Unix utility " "programs in 1990 and 1995. Each time, GNU's utilities came out considerably " "ahead. They tested seven commercial Unix systems as well as GNU. By " "subjecting them to a random input stream, they could “crash (with core " "dump) or hang (infinite loop) over 40% (in the worst case) of the basic " "utility programs…”" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "These researchers found that the commercial Unix systems had a failure rate " "that ranged from 15% to 43%. In contrast, the failure rate for GNU was only " "7%." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "Miller also said that, “the three commercial systems that we compared " "in both 1990 and 1995 noticeably improved in reliability, but still had " "significant rates of failure (the basic utilities from GNU/Linux still were " "noticeably better than those of the commercial systems).”" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "For details, see their paper: <a " "href=\"ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/pub/paradyn/technical_papers/fuzz-revisited.ps\"> " "Fuzz Revisited: A Re-examination of the Reliability of Unix Utilities and " "Services (postscript 223k)</a> by Barton P. Miller <a " "href=\"mailto:bart@cs.wisc.edu\"><bart@cs.wisc.edu></a>, David Koski, " "Cjin Pheow Lee, Vivekananda Maganty, Ravi Murthy, Ajitkumar Natarajan, and " "Jeff Steidl." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <h3> msgid "Why Free Software is More Reliable" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "It is no fluke that the GNU utilities are so reliable. There are good " "reasons why free software tends to be of high quality." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "One reason is that free software gets the whole community involved in " "working together to fix problems. Users not only report bugs, they even fix " "bugs and send in fixes. Users work together, conversing by email, to get to " "the bottom of a problem and make the software work trouble-free." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "Another is that developers really care about reliability. Free software " "packages do not always compete commercially, but they still compete for a " "good reputation, and a program which is unsatisfactory will not achieve the " "popularity that developers hope for. What's more, an author who makes the " "source code available for all to see puts his reputation on the line, and " "had better make the software clean and clear, on pain of the community's " "disapproval." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <h3> msgid "Cancer Clinic Relies on Free Software!" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "The Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo, North Dakota (the same Fargo which " "was the scene of a movie and a flood) uses Linux-based GNU systems precisely " "because reliability is essential. A network of GNU/Linux machines runs the " "information system, coordinates drug therapies, and performs many other " "functions. This network needs to be available to the Center's staff at a " "moment's notice." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "According to Dr. G.W. Wettstein <a href=\"mailto:greg@wind.rmcc.com\"> " "<greg@wind.rmcc.com></a>:" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <blockquote><p> msgid "" "The proper care of our cancer patients would not be what it is today without " "[GNU/]Linux … The tools that we have been able to deploy from free " "software channels have enabled us to write and develop innovative " "applications which … do not exist through commercial avenues." msgstr "" #. TRANSLATORS: Use space (SPC) as msgstr if you don't have notes. #. type: Content of: <div> msgid "*GNUN-SLOT: TRANSLATOR'S NOTES*" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><div><p> msgid "" "Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a " "href=\"mailto:gnu@gnu.org\"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. There are also <a " "href=\"/contact/\">other ways to contact</a> the FSF. 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A bunch of hackers just can't do " "this.”" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "Empirical evidence disagrees, however; scientific tests, described below, " "have found GNU software to be <em>more</em> reliable than comparable " "proprietary software." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "This should not be a surprise; there are good reasons for the high " "reliability of GNU software, good reasons to expect free software will often " "(though not always) have high reliability." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <h3> msgid "GNU Utilities Safer!" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <p> msgid "" "Barton P. Miller and his colleagues tested the reliability of Unix utility " "programs in 1990 and 1995. Each time, GNU's utilities came out considerably " "ahead. They tested seven commercial Unix systems as well as GNU. 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