__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 22 January 2007 10:24 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Avoiding Hubble trouble: The software plan for NASA's new space telescope
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| "Once you get into millions of lines of code, it's really difficult
>>| for a new programmer coming onto a project to make a change or
>>| understand how different subsystems relate to each other," he says.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| It's hard to estimate how much money will be saved because of the
>>| decision to use open standards software. It could be a few million
>>| dollars, or 10 times that, Cammarata says.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/011907-software-hubble-nasa.html?page=2
>>
>> More proof that isolation of modules (e.g. kernel, graphical presentation
>> server, desktop environment, applications like file manager and Web
>> browser) is the only way to go when the project gets large and complex.
>>
>
> One thing which open-source development models have shown is that it is
> perfectly possible to create complex software using highly distributed
> teams, so long as there is a tough focus on ensuring modularity,
> separation and minimising hacks and bodges. By complex here I mean
> large projects.
>
> It has also shown that the traditional approach of making everything
> proprietary, with lots of "intellectual property" all over the place is
> no longer the most effective business model. It will be an interesting
> historical footnote that Microsoft, the largest ever software-only house
> was one of the major driving factors in ensuring the development of free
> software.
Red Hat tried to convey this in the following video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rSLQAqV2Lw
The first 30 seconds are irrelevant. The remainder illustrates your point
wonderfully well.
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