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Re: Lame studies that people quote as fact that have no basis in reality and still don't prove anything even if they did
From: Dave Aitel <dave () immunitysec com>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 13:43:05 -0500
Ok, so it's a really old figure based on having to create punch cards and mail them individually to users or something. Has nothing to do with security.
-dave from abriney () infosecuritymag com:
It was a 1981 IBM study called "Implementing Software Inspections" by the IBM Systems Sciences Institute.
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Aitel [mailto:dave () immunitysec com] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 11:05 AM To: Briney, Andrew Subject: sources! [...] Which study was it that claimed the 6.5 figure? Thanks, Dave
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