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Right. Maybe some niche open-source efforts will adopt proper processes and methodologies, but the most dedicated and religious of O.S. programmers are probably worshiping Linus Torvalds' method of software development...
"A 'spec' is close to useless. I have _never_ seen a spec that was both big enough to be useful _and_ accurate. And I have seen _lots_ of total crap work that was based on specs. It's _the_ single worst way to write software, because it by definition means that the software was written to match theory, not reality."
-Linus Torvalds
Here's hoping IBM can make a dent.
- Ha! Nice Thought....
- by David Arbogast October 12, 2005 12:55 PM PDT
- <<By giving some of its intellectual property in software development to Eclipse, IBM hopes to encourage the use of structured software development processes, or methodologies.>>
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- by Bill Dautrive October 12, 2005 10:12 PM PDT
- Given that your diety, Microsoft produces crap and can only dream of matching the Linux kernel, maybe Torvalds is on to something.
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(6 Comments)Right. Maybe some niche open-source efforts will adopt proper processes and methodologies, but the most dedicated and religious of O.S. programmers are probably worshiping Linus Torvalds' method of software development...
"A 'spec' is close to useless. I have _never_ seen a spec that was both big enough to be useful _and_ accurate. And I have seen _lots_ of total crap work that was based on specs. It's _the_ single worst way to write software, because it by definition means that the software was written to match theory, not reality."
-Linus Torvalds
Here's hoping IBM can make a dent.