[Web4lib] Amazon ratings

[Sharon Foster]

Aka, Not Invented Here, aka "my application is unique." This is one
reason why software has never--and probably will never--reach the
state of off-the-shelf, plug-components-together-ness that was
achieved by electronics decades ago. That, and the perception by
management that software is a non-recurring cost, unlike hardware.

Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS
Speaker-to-Computers
http://www.vsa-software.com/mlsportfolio/






On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:10 AM, John Fereira<jaf30 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> R. Wood wrote:
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>> Allegedly, on Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 01:58:28PM -0700, Roy Tennant stated:
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>>> My rule is to never write code when something else will do.
>>> Roy
>>>
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>> My variation on your rule:
>> Never write code when something else with a FOSS[1] license will do.
>>
>
> These rules are in response to the observation that if you "ask a programmer
> if code should be written to solve a problem and the answer will always be
> yes."
>
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