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What's So Precious About Bad Software?

Posted by kdawson on from the ugly-to-boot dept.

David Gerard invites to read Carla Schroeder from Enterprise Networking Planet, who gets down to the real reason why companies want to keep their code proprietary, with examples. Quoting: "We are drowned in tides of twaddle about precious IP, Trade Sekkrits, Sooper Original Algorithms that must not be exposed to eyes of mere mortals, and all manner of silly excuses. But what's the real reason for closed, proprietary code? Embarrassment."

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  1. Re:kinda true by Bert64 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ruby code is among the least performant, and often the only solution is to add servers or rewrite it in another language.

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