Y2-nuthin'?

[Michael Perelman]

There's a good book on Japanese Taylorization of programming, by Cusumano, Japan's
Software Factories: A Challenge to U.S. Management."Doug Henwood wrote:


> Michael Perelman wrote:
>
> >Zack's description sounds like late 19th C. industry where the "steel makers"
> >did not know how to make steel.  They were dependent on the expertise of the
> >puddlers.  Only the end product, steel, is easier to evaluate than the product
> >of the programmers.
>
> Back in the 80s there was a lot of talk about Taylorizing programming
> - modular or structured programs, the DoD's promotion of Ada, etc.
> Whatever happened to all that?
>
> Doug

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Michael Perelman
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