Re: Request for reuse tool info

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In article <SRCTRAN.92Dec1231041@world.std.com>, srctran@world.std.com (Gregory
 Aharonian) writes:
|> >I am investigating tools supporting software reuse. I'm interested in both
|> >....
|>    This question reveals another way how the DoD is ignoring the free market
s.
|> In this case, the DoD through STARS and other efforts, is wasting a lot of
|> money developing reuse retrieval tools.  However, there are commercial
|> solutions available now, that don't require any government funding.
|>    My favorite approach, is to use any of the commercial relational database
s

I agree, if we are going to reuse, why not reuse what's already out
there, like Aharonian suggests, a commercial database product.  Another
possibility would be one of the commercially available library
information systems.  Are the types of queries that software developers
would make really any different than the types of queries one would
make in browsing through a library system looking for a book or article?
No.  Just how much further would STARS be if the time was spent building
the information base needed for software developers and place it in
an existing library system with all its cross referencing, keyword,
and general access capabilities?
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