Reliable code delivered on time and with a reasonable budget is not only possible, it's common. When was the last time you saw a console video game crash? And trust me, debugging on that platform is a REAL challenge. But once it's burnt, it's burnt, and you can't sell bug fixes disguised as "upgrades" any longer. So when the market demands it, it can be done.
The fact of the matter is, however that most people accept buggy software, because most people work on a buggy, slow, bloated platform. (Guess whose?) No matter how good the caboose is, it ain't goin' anywhere if the engine it's hitched to is busted. So there's no market demand for stable code, because no one thinks it's possible. We have m$ to thank for that.
This will persist so long as it's impossible to buy a PC without paying the Microsoft tax. And with W. in office, you can forget about the justice department fixing that problem.
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Reliable code delivered on time and with a reasonable budget is not only possible, it's common. When was the last time you saw a console video game crash? And trust me, debugging on that platform is a REAL challenge. But once it's burnt, it's burnt, and you can't sell bug fixes disguised as "upgrades" any longer. So when the market demands it, it can be done.
The fact of the matter is, however that most people accept buggy software, because most people work on a buggy, slow, bloated platform. (Guess whose?) No matter how good the caboose is, it ain't goin' anywhere if the engine it's hitched to is busted. So there's no market demand for stable code, because no one thinks it's possible. We have m$ to thank for that.
This will persist so long as it's impossible to buy a PC without paying the Microsoft tax. And with W. in office, you can forget about the justice department fixing that problem.
-S.