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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:05:53 -0500, Hyman Rosen wrote:

> Do those "better" methods buy you all that?

No, because of the present economical model of software developing.

Quality does not have any significant value. Actually it has a negative
value. Software vendors sell upgrades. Software houses do man-hours. Bug is
a little helper to justify growing costs.

Customer is happy to see bugs. If everything runs alright, he has a
suspicion that he payed too much. The best way to impress him is a steady
flow of minor to medium glitches, promptly fixed, showing that the
"software process" runs. If there were no bugs and incompatibilities
introduced by each new version of Windows, .NET, and, name it, why would he
sign a maintenance contract?

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de