IP: Re: Software Engineering, Dijkstra, and Hippocrates: [risks] Risks Digest 21.42

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 16:01:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Crawford <joe () artlung com>
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To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: Re: IP: Software Engineering, Dijkstra, and Hippocrates: [risks]
Risks Digest 21.42
Organization: http://www.artlung.com/


> <snip src="http://www.arsdigita.com/books/panda/suck";>
>   Our industry is an embarrassment. When a Honda engineer goes to a party,
>   it would be rare for another guest to say "Oh, you design cars for
>   Honda?  You know, last Friday my husband's Accord just exploded while he
>   was pulling out of the garage." But admit that you're a programmer and
>   you can't get out of the room without hearing about somebody's crashed
>   Macintosh or Windows machine.
> </snip>
>
> Heh.
>         - Joe Crawford
>           <http://artlung.com/>



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