Hackers As Factory Workers?

DevDude writes "A strangely interesting article is running on MSDN, entitled: The Case for Software Factories. It suggests creating 'development environments configured to support the rapid development of a specific type of application.' As a developer thrust into many an unsavory situation, I am constantly stepping in the remnants of some development methodology or other. Will super-specialization of software development teams help the industry to push out better software faster? Or are we hassled enough without being treated as an assembly line?"

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And while we're at it

[Anonymous Coward]

Do programmers really need to sleep and eat? What if we just give them implants and let them plug themselves into nutrient/rest bays at the factory? I'm sure it would be quite a bit more efficient. It worked well for the Borg.