 The proprietary, 'top-down, planned' software development model, traditionally used by closed-source companies, is coming to an end, it has been claimed.
According to ZDNet, chief executive of technology solutions provider Red Hat Jim Whitehurst said such models can possess a number of security flaws, as in the case of Microsoft Vista.
He told reporters the Linux online operating system has half as many defects as Vista, adding that closed-source models are hampered by limits on the amount of planning that can be done during the development process to anticipate problems.
"If software gets too big, it cannot be organised. This is an indicator of what can be planned," he said.
Mr Whitehurst went on to say development through the open-source community is fast because and can be more precise in terms of what customers need as enterprises are able to contribute code that they have written, whereas the traditional proprietary model tends to listen to customers' views and write code based on that interpretation.
Last week, David Bradshaw, research manager for software and services at analyst IDC, told Computing.co.uk service-oriented architecture is essential for software development.
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