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On 2014.04.19, 16:33 , Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> On 19/04/14 21:22, Alan Browne wrote:
>> What it does imply is that a single-point-of-care-and-release would
>> make for the possibility of stricter control over what can be released=

>> - following appropriate change control, requirements definition,
>> testing and so on.
>
> IOW, the bazaar may need a cathedral. Agreed.

Yes.  I've avoided that comparison but it's sort of right.  OTOH, his=20
"19 lessons" do not fit well into disciplined, deliberate, software=20
engineering processes for infrastructure (internet).

> (Is anyone up for throwing the dialectic synthesis of these
> topoi into the press as a development of Raymond's idea?)

--=20
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
  but you shouldn=E2=80=99t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
      -Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07