Hello Tony,
TB> If I built a house (I'm a Bricklayer) that had a leaky roof, I'd fix that
TB> roof before starting to build another house. Otherwise I might end up
TB> with a whole street full of houses all with roofs that leak and I'd
TB> probably end up with a bad reputation as a builder not to mention a
TB> street full of houses I couldn't sell.
Incorrect comparision. House is built once. It has a project to
satisfy all needs of customer or group of customers. That customer
pays fully for all project work. When project is finished it is not
changed (cosmetical changes rarely leak roof ;-) ). Software is from
different category. One of the major differences - it always changes.
Sometimes only cosmetical, sometimes it needs change of "roof",
sometimes "walls" are reconstructed. It is made for wider usage (I
mean shareware) and therefore will never achieve the same stability
and efficiency like custom planned and made program. Like houses,
builded for offices or living will never be the same comfortable and
beautiful like private houses.
TB> Professional reputation is the same be it for a road sweep or a software
TB> programmer.
Agree, but end-user of road couldn't appreciate the work of each
person of road-makers, he could appreciate only the road itself and
make conclusions about road-maker company. Same with developers - I
think only 5-10 users from this list can make real conclusions about
team members reputation.
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9Val
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