The many eyes idea postulates many eyes looking at the code, not many eyes finding bugs. (Proprietary software has as many or more users finding bugs as open so

The many eyes idea postulates many eyes looking at the code, not many eyes finding bugs. (Proprietary software has as many or more users finding bugs as open source!) In reality, the number of developers actually reading code to find bugs may not be significantly larger for complex open source like Linux, particularly in esoteric areas like filesystems or device drivers.