Re: Reserve Demobilization System Built Around Reused Ada Code

[munck@STARS.RESTON.UNISYS.COM (Bob Munck)]

In article Re: Reserve Demobilization System Built Around Reused Ada Code of
30 May 91 18:30:53 GMT chuck@brain.UUCP  and John Goodenough 
@f98.n250.z1.FidoNet.Org write:

>> Let's call a spade a spade. Maybe "rapid tailoring" or "rapid reengineering"
>> is a more suitable term for this type of approach.
>
> I remember a paper some years ago
>concerned with generating process control software by a Japanese company in
>which they reported high levels of software reuse because they were tailoring
>their standard software to each customer's needs.  Should we call it reuse
>when the end user is different, and otherwise call it enhancement?

Toshiba called it "big profits."  Note that their "Software Factory" was set
up with the help of American consultants (from John G's old company) who 
couldn't sell the ideas in the US because they required planning beyond
the next quarter's P&L statement.


Why is John showing a FidoNet address?  Have the hackers finally taken
over the SEI?

Bob Munck