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Is Computer Science Dead?

Posted by kdawson on from the pining-for-the-fjords dept.

warm sushi writes "An academic at the British Computing Society asks, Is computer science dead? Citing falling student enrollments and improved technology, British academic Neil McBride claims that off-the-shelf solutions are removing much of the demand for high-level development skills: 'As commercial software products have matured, it no longer makes sense for organizations to develop software from scratch. Accounting packages, enterprise resource packages, customer relationship management systems are the order of the day: stable, well-proven and easily available.' Is that quote laughable? Or has the software development industry stabilized to an off-the-self commodity?"

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  1. Re:Wow! by daranz · · Score: 5, Funny

    They arrived from lands far away thanks to the magic we call outsourcing?

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  2. Re:Wow! by sunami · · Score: 3, Funny

    Software don't write itself. All in good time... all in good time.
  3. Is computer science dead? by jandersen · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, no, it just smells funny.

  4. I believe this is the crux of the AGAINST argument by Moggyboy · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... there'll always be the pointy-haired boss who wants that icon in "powder-blue". Believe me, I've worked for enough of them to know that I'll never be out of a job.

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  5. "Clue" Answer by rlp · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think it was the CEO in the boardroom with an outsourcing contract.

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  6. Re:Wow! by NDPTAL85 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So in other words, promoted beyond their competency?

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  7. Re:Wow! by Kelbear · · Score: 3, Funny

    Deagle headshots from across the map.