I suddenly had a vision of a crane (the bird kind, not the construction kind) in flight with a gigantic jet turbine strapped to it's back. :) On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:19 PM, Christian Catchpole wrote:
> > Yeah. I want to get a crane and put a turbine on it... That would be > cool. > > On Dec 3, 3:01 pm, Joshua Marinacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Dec 2, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Alexey Zinger wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> There was a discussion about predictability of custom design vs mass >>> production. Yes, a lot of software developers work on highly >>> customized solutions. But why would it be any other way? Software >>> development is by definition writing new software. And most of the >>> clients that can afford a significant amount of good developers' >>> time are in enterprise space. So a lot of us are working on custom >>> solutions for big players and in our spare time we play with >>> projects near and dear to our heart. While many of us are keen on >>> writing software for fun as well as work, no one in their right mind >>> would sit down and write a custom web browser for their relatives; >>> rather, we tell them to go download Firefox. >> >>> I see this is as being no different than what you see with, let's >>> say, mechanical engineering. Highly customized solutions exist and >>> are in demand, just not by your average person, who is content with >>> going to a store and buying a mass-produced solution (car, drill, >>> vacuum cleaner), whereas enterprise customers usually work closely >>> with R&D and get that turbine or plane or crane designed and >>> manufactured to their specifications. It's just that most of us not >>> working in those industries, we're not as aware of that type of >>> work. And when those people go home, a lot of them devote their >>> time and expertise to "fun" projects. >> >> So do they work on open source cranes and turbines at home? That >> would >> be pretty damn cool! >> -j >> >> >> >>> Alexey > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
