From: Max M (maxmcorp@worldonline.dk)
Date: Sun Feb 02 2003 - 15:18:44 MST
Michael M. Butler wrote:
> He had plenty other cringeworthy things to say, but this one popped
> my bogometer's fuse so hard that it set off my apartment's smoke detector:
>
> <<
> Gates argues that starting from scratch doesn't make software more secure.
> ``Evolution has never started over,'' he said. ``So the best programming
> process known built upon its earlier work every step of the way.''
He is actually pretty much right on target!
This article explains my opinion pretty well:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
Refactor not revolution!
-- hilsen/regards Max M Rasmussen, Denmark http://www.futureport.dk/ Fremtiden, videnskab, skeptiscisme og transhumanisme
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