From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 25 Jan 93 17:38:47 GMT From: saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!milano!c obweb.mcc.com!breland@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mark A. Breland) Subject: Re: Why and how do organizations select th Message-ID: <1993Jan25.173847.22882@mcc.com> List-Id: In article 29355@seas.gwu.edu, mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: > > They hired a _really_ big-name consultant (NOT a professor, Mark!) > to teach them his OO methodology and take a first crack at a design > for them. After collecting a very large fee, he walked away from the > project, leaving behind what they say is an unworkable design. > Conceivably we (I and another professor friend) will get involved > helping them sort it all out. Might be fun. Pardon me...I suppose I should have entitled ol' Harumptyrump differently... Such a *professorial* generalization was inappropriate on my part. ;) >You're right, Bjarne - I can't name names. I won't tar an individual with >an ad hominem public attack, especially if I have no independent basis for >it. I did not observe this consultant in action, nor see his work in this >case. His client was frustrated but I can't really assess the reason for >the frustration. And naturally no field has a monopoly on windbags. Unfortunately, if the referenced OO windbag DID deposit an expensive load of trash, he dealt legitimate OO experts and practitioners a terrible blow. It's difficult enough convincing leery implementers to accept a new perfectly valid method, much less one tainted in this manner by a so called "expert". Incidents such as these merely bolster the ammo stores of the anti-OO coalition, and diminish community acceptance of the OO approach to programming-in-the-large. --- Mark A. Breland - Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) Ada Fault Tolerance | voice: (512) 338-3509 3500 West Balcones Center Drive | FAX: (512) 338-3900 Austin, Texas 78759-6509 USA | internet: breland@mcc.com