We use Seapine SCM revision control, TTPro bug tracking and TCM test case management. They also have RM which is Requirements management, and can make up a complete testing matrix. We are a small company, the software is pretty cheap and it rocks ! It is cheaper to pay a license fee for software to get the job done, than to fool yourself and have to keep screwing with an open source implementation and try and tie it all together.
It's a Cris architecture, if, you expand a recent kernel or 3.2 gcc source you'll see a bunch of stuff for cris. I have one of their development boards which doesn't use the MCM but is a 100LX based system.
This was mentioned a lot in the States arguments in the anti-trust suit. In fact, this is part of the provision that the Justice department put in their agreement. The "idea" is to stop piracy, since MS successfully argued that if someone buys a PC without an OS then they are guing to use a pirated or OEM version of Windows which is illegal.
One of the greatest criteria for a good programmer, whether it is the quality of the code, or the ability to estimate a schedule, stems from humility. Part of the problem with people when estimating a schedule is that they thing they are Superman. They think that they are so good that the complex task that is in front of them is trivial. These people tend to have very buggy code as well (normally from insuffient testing). All programmers suffer from this to some extent. I've also noticed that these people tend to never use libraries, since they can write one better, but then use up all their scheduled time rewriting libraries and never actually working on the project.
Personally for me, I tend to do the best hourly breakdown I can and then double it before submission. This is normally not too far wrong (say one week on a 3 month project). The double factor allows for inaccuracies, meetings (which really do take time !), and spec changes. I may add more "fudge factor" depending on my feelings for how well the spec is sorted out and the quality of management (i.e. weak management will allow spec changes every week, good management will filter well).
I used to use and old DOS editor called Brief, which had multiple windows, none overlapped (maybe VI and Emacs do the same thing). Moving between windows was done using ALT+cursor key, and ALT-F2 maximized or minimized the window. This was the most productive editing I've ever done. To the person who stated before reaching for the mouse slows you down, your right. If most work can be done with the keyboard, then occasional mouse work is slow. This is not just because of the physical action of moving your hand, but because the feedback loop of move cursor, eyes register cursor, then tells hand where to move on mouse. For instance, right now my mouse cursor is an I beam somewhere in this edit box, and since I haven't been using the mouse, I've forgotton where it is. So there is a delay as the cursor comes back into my view.
So far I've found the multiple desktops to be the best compromise, I can have multiple apps open full screen, and hot key between them. But I'm still downloading ION to see how it works.
I do find though that I seem to have less useful information on the screen using GUI's than I ever did on a DOS screen set to 50 lines.
I received an email last week detailing how to claim. Basically there is a form, and you have to have claim to have had a problem or not. Even if you haven't had a problem , you can still get vouchers , but for less. I assume that since I downloaded software from their site and registered that that is why I recieved the notice.
This is the second zip drive I have had. The first one did suffer occasionally from the click of death, and the $40 will about cover the cost of the 2 disks I threw away. But since I have a CDRW now, I have no use for the voucher ! (And thats why it's vouchers , not cash, their market is shrinking by the day). And for who said about cheap media greater tha in size than a floppy, figure this.... zip drive each disk $16->$19 each, 100MB (200 Compressed) or 250MB (450 Compressed ?)- CDRW - 540MB - I buy in Jewel case for 79c.
Andy
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We use Seapine SCM revision control, TTPro bug tracking and TCM test case management. They also have RM which is Requirements management, and can make up a complete testing matrix. We are a small company, the software is pretty cheap and it rocks ! It is cheaper to pay a license fee for software to get the job done, than to fool yourself and have to keep screwing with an open source implementation and try and tie it all together.
It's a Cris architecture, if, you expand a recent kernel or 3.2 gcc source you'll see a bunch of stuff for cris. I have one of their development boards which doesn't use the MCM but is a 100LX based system.
Andy
This was mentioned a lot in the States arguments in the anti-trust suit. In fact, this is part of the provision that the Justice department put in their agreement. The "idea" is to stop piracy, since MS successfully argued that if someone buys a PC without an OS then they are guing to use a pirated or OEM version of Windows which is illegal.
Thank the incompetent Justce department for this
One of the greatest criteria for a good programmer, whether it is the quality of the code, or the ability to estimate a schedule, stems from humility. Part of the problem with people when estimating a schedule is that they thing they are Superman. They think that they are so good that the complex task that is in front of them is trivial. These people tend to have very buggy code as well (normally from insuffient testing). All programmers suffer from this to some extent. I've also noticed that these people tend to never use libraries, since they can write one better, but then use up all their scheduled time rewriting libraries and never actually working on the project.
Personally for me, I tend to do the best hourly breakdown I can and then double it before submission. This is normally not too far wrong (say one week on a 3 month project). The double factor allows for inaccuracies, meetings (which really do take time !), and spec changes. I may add more "fudge factor" depending on my feelings for how well the spec is sorted out and the quality of management (i.e. weak management will allow spec changes every week, good management will filter well).
ANdy
I used to use and old DOS editor called Brief, which had multiple windows, none overlapped (maybe VI and Emacs do the same thing). Moving between windows was done using ALT+cursor key, and ALT-F2 maximized or minimized the window. This was the most productive editing I've ever done. To the person who stated before reaching for the mouse slows you down, your right. If most work can be done with the keyboard, then occasional mouse work is slow. This is not just because of the physical action of moving your hand, but because the feedback loop of move cursor, eyes register cursor, then tells hand where to move on mouse. For instance, right now my mouse cursor is an I beam somewhere in this edit box, and since I haven't been using the mouse, I've forgotton where it is. So there is a delay as the cursor comes back into my view.
So far I've found the multiple desktops to be the best compromise, I can have multiple apps open full screen, and hot key between them. But I'm still downloading ION to see how it works.
I do find though that I seem to have less useful information on the screen using GUI's than I ever did on a DOS screen set to 50 lines.
ANdy
I received an email last week detailing how to claim. Basically there is a form, and you have to have claim to have had a problem or not. Even if you haven't had a problem , you can still get vouchers , but for less. I assume that since I downloaded software from their site and registered that that is why I recieved the notice. This is the second zip drive I have had. The first one did suffer occasionally from the click of death, and the $40 will about cover the cost of the 2 disks I threw away. But since I have a CDRW now, I have no use for the voucher ! (And thats why it's vouchers , not cash, their market is shrinking by the day). And for who said about cheap media greater tha in size than a floppy, figure this .... zip drive each disk $16->$19 each, 100MB (200 Compressed) or 250MB (450 Compressed ?)- CDRW - 540MB - I buy in Jewel case for 79c.
Andy