Re: RELIABLE SYSTEMS AND DUPLICITY: Bill Gates Calls evolution "the best programming process known".

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!

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hilsen/regards Max M Rasmussen, Denmark
http://www.futureport.dk/
Fremtiden, videnskab, skeptiscisme og transhumanisme


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