From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-09-13T04:01:24+09:00
Subject: Re: The economics of a slow but productive Ruby

On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 02:51:40AM +0900, Francis Cianfrocca wrote:
> On 9/12/06, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> > These people, who think 2 and 3 are mutually exclusive, have clearly not
> >read Mythical Man-Month -- but they should.  Actually, just reading a
> >thorough review, or perhaps even the back of the book, might suffice (if
> >these people are reasonable enough to absorb the information).
> 
> It's the darnedest thing. I know plenty of managers who have read
> Brooks, and yet when the crunch comes they still pile on the
> resources. But I realize you're talking about the design/specification
> phase. But don't underestimate the power and importance that managers
> get simply by having larger teams and bigger budgets. Saving money in
> activities that are cost centers often makes a manager less
> influential, not more so. And in turn, it makes the manager's manager
> less influential. Ruby's productivity argument is not too likely to
> have much impact in these shops.

I guess there have to be shops that obstinately do things wrong, if only
to make the rest of us look good by comparison.

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CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
"The ability to quote is a serviceable
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